Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne GTRexclude button at the shoulder end

button at the shoulder end illustrating an eagle standing upon a fasces

the brass face plate with gradations facing those on the disk

constructed of Bakelite

This book is entitled "FIELD SERVICE POCKET BOOK 1914

he would train and graduate from various courses and serve as an NCO

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne GTRexclude button at the shoulder end(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