Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Round 3 Lug Variant, By Deschler & Sohn Archive On the last few pages

On the last few pages are five photos of a military funeral

and which from the circumstances of the Colours having been captured with the Regiment at Bergen-op-Zoom

and being awarded an Iron Cross 1914 Second Class

the bow topped by a German national eagle in mid-flight and clutching a mobile swastika in its talons

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Round 3 Lug Variant, By Deschler & Sohn Archive On the last few pages(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, unmarked but with the