Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive three members of the crew

three members of the crew jumped one after the other

the obverse depicting the outline of the Order of the German Eagle

Footnote: This infantry assault badge badge stems from the personal collection of predominant historian Thomas Durante

An original wax paper liner is partially intact on the reverse

but he had two things in his favour

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive three members of the crew(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