Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive demonstrating age-appropriate material fatigue

demonstrating age-appropriate material fatigue

He was buried at Zuydcoote Military Cemetery

3) A Friedrich-Bathildis Medal

Presenting as a bronze Latin cross with a laurel wreath between its arms

black threading giving detail to the lion and crown

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive demonstrating age-appropriate material fatigue(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