Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of Footnote: The National Partnership (Národní

Footnote: The National Partnership (Národní souručenství/Nationale Gemeinschaft) was the only legal political party in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

He was awarded the British Distinguished Service Order

dated 29 March 1935 and issued to Ernst Fischer

circumscribed in German Gothic lettering Treue Dienste in der Wehrmacht (Faithful Service in the Armed Forces

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of Footnote: The National Partnership (Národní(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 with horizontal pinback, 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