Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive measuring 45 mm in diameter)

measuring 45 mm in diameter)

obverse illustrating the Indefatigable-class battle cruiser HMS New Zealand with the date "1913" immediately below the ship

presenting an eagle standing upon a mobile swastika encircled by the inscription GOTT MIT UNS (GOD IS WITH US) above and a wreath of oak leaves and acorns below

just shy of his forty-fourth birthday for reason of being "physically unfit for military service uder existing standards

a quantity of photographs - some military related with the recipient in uniform

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive measuring 45 mm in diameter)(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