Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold the reverse plain gold

the reverse plain gold

affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a lanyard constructed of braided silver aluminum wire interspersed with dark grey threaded chevrons

having been a Sawyer in his civilian life

Master Army Aviator Badge (in sterling silver

with obverse bearing a black-and-white photograph of a rifleman flanked by author and title

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold the reverse plain gold(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