Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude the lid bearing a gilt

the lid bearing a gilt embossed German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

The "Flying Tigers" of 14 AF (who adopted the "Flying Tigers" designation from the AVG) conducted highly effective fighter and bomber operations along a wide front that stretched from the bend of the Yellow River and Tsinan in the north to Indochina in the south

printed in Slovakia by Slovenska Grafia of Bratislava

onto a black rayon backer

with original ink signature of Major und Geschwaderkommodore

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude the lid bearing a gilt(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