Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive an M43 cap insignia

an M43 cap insignia

He was subsequently issued four weeks leave on February 3rd and upon return from leave

His ashes were returned to Vienna

each pocket with decorative straps giving them a pleated-look and fold over flaps that are held in place by a 25 mm gilt brass button

He had four brothers: Arthur

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive an M43 cap insignia(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, measuring