Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant certificate_of_authenticity with both the buckle and

with both the buckle and the slider linking the two straps together

he entered the French theatre on April 16

with a storage pouch added on the inside back cover

on December 8

" Memorial Crosses were later forwarded to his widow

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant certificate_of_authenticity with both the buckle and(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