Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class Hold on a fine gray nylon

on a fine gray nylon neck cord)

and is directly responsible to the Fuehrer and the Chancellor of the Reich

an allusion to the Vulgate translation of Romans 8:35

WWI 212th Battalion "Winnipeg Americans" Collar Tabs - "American Legion" version

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class Hold on a fine gray nylon(Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with the exception of original institution date of 1813 in raised numbering on lower arm, on loop for suspension from its period