Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold with star hanger in gilded

with star hanger in gilded zinc

suspended from their original ribbons

measuring 89 mm x 77 mm

he boarded the steamship ‘Colombo’ to Turkey to serve in the Crimean War as a Colour Sergeant

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold with star hanger in gilded(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 arn with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop accommodating a suspension ring