Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Hold issued by the US Air

issued by the US Air Force (in 1966)

(Luftwaffe Verleihungsurkunde für Ehrenpokal)

the enamelled center with a German flag

overall extremely fine condition with the core nicely preserved with light contact marks

As part of the Italian I Corps

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Hold issued by the US Air(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 restitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop