Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic impressed: M

impressed: M

The first modal was struck by Lady Harris (the widow of the wartime commander of Bomber Command)

obverse of the cross illustrating the British lion standing upon the Victorian crown in the centre

the obverse with an eagle breaking the chains around its legs

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic impressed: M(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