Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of beginning on December 13

beginning on December 13

with a large patinated eagle with spread-out wings superimposed on the badge

came and demanded the unconditioned surrender of the Bresciani

Grave Reference: 8

followed by service aboard three other ships over the next twenty-two months: H

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of beginning on December 13(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, unmarked