Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction with embossed central section featuring

with embossed central section featuring SS pattern eagle and swastika

He followed his time in Washington with a transfer to the Receiving Barracks at Hampton Roads

the reverse presents the inscription “GES

a substantial volume on the Commission's work

Twenty years and four months later

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction with embossed central section featuring(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 44. 02 mm (w) x 46. 93 mm (h), weighing 20. 2 grams, in better