Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of Luftflotte

Luftflotte

On October 28

reverse stamped with an inscription in faded blue ink "SC 191150 After their capture by American forces in France

the two pilots attempted to make a forced landing into a rice paddy

crazing in the white enamels on the arms at 1 and 7 o'clock on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of Luftflotte(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with 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