Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Klein & Quenzer Archive and probably produced the most

and probably produced the most units

He spent his entire Luftwaffe career with the same unit: the 24th Flak Regiment

with a 50 mm long knurled needle pin and spring loaded keeper

At some point he was transferred to Grenadier Regiment 390

Eastern Karelia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Klein & Quenzer Archive and probably produced the most(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 suspension loop