Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross, With Case Newly Listed at Military Headquarters in Ottawa

at Military Headquarters in Ottawa

depicting a green enameled alligator superimposed on a red enameled background with a black enameled swastika on the foreground

He landed in France and was taken on strength in the field on March 3rd

Ludenscheid - Of fine early quality

the Central Mediterranean Area (Italy) and the United States during the Second World War

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross, With Case Newly Listed at Military Headquarters in Ottawa(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). 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,