Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant Hold reverse illustrating an Iron Cross

reverse illustrating an Iron Cross inscribed "MIT GOTT FÜR KÖNIG UND VATERLAND" on its arms

American Machine Gun Company (1932)

then admitted to the 2nd Southern General Hospital in Bristol on September 18th

measuring 70 mm (w) x 355 mm (l)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant Hold reverse illustrating an Iron Cross(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 1813, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring