Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction After making the first South

After making the first South American flight of the 1937 season in late March

In a letter received by his wife the same day as the sad news of his death arrived

He talked to his father and he convinced him to join the Army

engraver marked "KOVNICA A D" on the obverse

each representing six months overseas service

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction After making the first South(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