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

stapled shut

A 1940 Luftwafffe Award for Exceptional Service - In die stamped silver

contact marks but overall near very fine condition

He received his Knight’s Cross on Aug 27th

It features a gilded sunwheel swastika (Hakenkreuz) with the majority of the original gilding still intact

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