Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl Archive George William Brunton and Albert

George William Brunton and Albert Victor Brunton (note: should read Fred Brunton

with its legend

SS # 359 733

earning him the India General Service Medal with Persia clasp

the shield-shaped obverse presents a political-style eagle above a wreathed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl Archive George William Brunton and Albert(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