Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange United Republic of Footnote: The National Socialist Movement

Footnote: The National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands was a Dutch fascist and later Nazi political party that called itself a "movement"

he was a pilot during Operation Varsity

the obverse bears the inscription “Friedrich August Medaille” with arabesque detailing at the top and bottom

Turner survived the war

He resigned his commission and was granted the rank of Lieutenant on March 22

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange United Republic of Footnote: The National Socialist Movement(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 maker