An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class In Its Packet Of Issue certificate_of_authenticity with a 12 mm wide

with a 12 mm wide black leather border along the open end

from January 14 to February 28

The helmet measures 299 mm x 242 mm

the upper measuring 52 mm wide

at the age of 33 (although he is acknowledged as being 32 years

An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class In Its Packet Of Issue certificate_of_authenticity with a 12 mm wideAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; silver cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened brass core (non magnetic) within a silver ribbed border; on loop for suspension marked 900 for silver content; with its period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm;