Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A Wound Badge in Black

A Wound Badge in Black certificate to Unteroffizier (NCO) Festerling of the same unit as above for being wounded on 16 August 1942

along with other members of their squadron

wear evident and weak hinge

Footnote: William Matthew Elliott was born on November 24

new-old stock Wehrmacht Panzer Enlisted Man’s shoulder boards

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A Wound Badge in Black(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, unmarked, measuring