Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Fritz Zimmermann Archive 1) volunteer’s sleeve shield

1) volunteer’s sleeve shield

Cross for non commissioned officers

The Military Order of the Christ - Silver and enamels

The decoration was intended to recognize the military training and qualification required by those service members who were bombardiers on board military aircraft

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Fritz Zimmermann Archive 1) volunteer’s sleeve shield(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