Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Zink Core Version, by Paulmann & Crone Auction Archive He was awarded the Anschluss

He was awarded the Anschluss Medal on March 13

taking the form of a pair of downward-pointing wings

For three months I was in one room with eleven officers

Presented in its original octagon black leather case with gold Japanese characters in a vertical line on the top of the case

where he received training as an Equipment Officer (Wireless)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Zink Core Version, by Paulmann & Crone Auction Archive He was awarded the Anschluss(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of zink and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened zink core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o'clock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked but demonstrating the