Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive followed by a move to

followed by a move to Port Meadow

The interior features a partial field-grey cotton liner from which four integral straps emanate from the waist area

He was with the 95th Battalion

Crooks survived the conflict and embarked Corruna after the battle

maker marked with the logo of Gebrüder Wegerhoff

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive followed by a move to(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, the suspension loop