Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed the reverse maker marked “ALEX

the reverse maker marked “ALEX

with smoke and flames coming through the roof

a Reich Union of Large Families (RDR) membership badge

following an injury he sustained when his airplane was shot down by German forces

following his brother Gerd who had joined two years earlier

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed the reverse maker marked “ALEX(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, unmarked, measuring