Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed on September 11th

on September 11th

with the announcement appearing in the London Gazette 27995 of Friday

followed by one and half years with Carnegie Steel as an Auto Mechanic

1870-71 Franco-Prussian War medal

who may have taken his inspiration from a medal established and awarded by his father

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed on September 11th(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