Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Grand Cross Star - In

Grand Cross Star - In silver

to a Luftwaffe Fighter Ace Fritz Karch

on the right side "Dienstglas" (Service Glass) and the "10x50"magnification power

stating that he had four years' service with the Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment (PWOR)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Grand Cross Star - In(Eisernes Kreuz 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 43. 90