Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed when he was abruptly recalled

when he was abruptly recalled to the colours and placed in command of the 13th Infantry Brigade

with an expiry date of June 30

printed and bound by The Bath Press of Bath

However 15/6 was a large sum of money for many poorer families so 6d (six pence) savings stamps were issued (also with a Swastika on them) which could be purchased weekly or whenever people could afford them

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed when he was abruptly recalled(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