Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Hammer & Söhne Hold On June 18th

On June 18th

5 mm (h) monogram with the conjoined initials "CHC" in silver affixed at the upper left on the front cover

one depicting a Heer Enlisted Gebirgsjäger

It formed part of Colonel Burn-Murdoch’s Brigade and had a minor part in the Relief of Ladysmith in February 1900

The cap measures 285 mm (w) x 120 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Hammer & Söhne Hold On June 18th(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 reverse six oclock