Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive MARINE CORPS"

MARINE CORPS"

USS Franklin was dead in the water

His gunner

one of Canadian Ace Raymond Colishaw and one of German Ace Eddie Rickenbacker in a Group Shot

a group of charging infantrymen in the background to the right

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive MARINE CORPS"(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). 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, measuring 44. 14 mm (w) x 47. 43 mm (h), weighing 16. 9 grams,