Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold This is a condition of

This is a condition of middle ear and nerve deafness pre-existent but aggravated by active service

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 274 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

one day after he was sentenced to 4 days Field Punishment No

within a stamped gilded circular wreath (Type 1) impressed with oak leaves

(Bilder und Postkarten)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold This is a condition of(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring