Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Republic of A professor later in life

A professor later in life

the exterior bearing a swastika inset with 16 seed pearls

The distance to be traversed between these two points was about 1000 yards over open country which was under a terrific artillery fire

catch slightly compressed

overlaying a hand-illustrated depiction of a Panzer III

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Republic of A professor later in life(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 initial W, 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 maker