Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau visually-hidden a 1944 Gau pistol champion

a 1944 Gau pistol champion badge with oak leaf distinction

until finally converted to a cargo ship in 1939

(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Ärmelabzeichen)

was in existence certainly as long ago as the early years of the twelfth Century and is still extant today

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau visually-hidden a 1944 Gau pistol champion(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