Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl Auction stapled shut

stapled shut

He received his Knight’s Cross on Aug 27th

Lieutenant Vernon Russell Davies

the commandant of the Zeppelin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl Auction stapled shut(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