Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Berg & Nolte Archive German “Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2

German “Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2

inscribed "YPRES" above and "MCMXVIII" (1918) below

“SS-REICH”

He is buried at Chesterfield (Spital) Cemetery

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Berg & Nolte Archive German “Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2(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