Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity 13 mm (w) x 45

13 mm (w) x 45

He was promoted to Lieutenant on December 21

Accompanied by a brief research note

The Estates Branch document stated that his wife had said F/O Brooks had taken out a $100 Bond while overseas in April 1944 but as of the filing of the document

A pair of cap tally ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity 13 mm (w) x 45(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