Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Franz Petzl consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac entitled "KUNNIAMERKKIKIRJA"

entitled "KUNNIAMERKKIKIRJA"

exterior in black leatherette

As his father was deceased

with a black embroidered centre

1940 as part of the 1939-1940 Flower-class building program

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Franz Petzl consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac entitled "KUNNIAMERKKIKIRJA"(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 of 1813, the suspension loop maker