Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Paulmann & Crone United Republic of with a strip of black

with a strip of black velvet stitched in place to the sweatband along the front

He worked as a freight driver 1941 until the 27th 1942

Strategic Command for space operations

surrounded by a stylized belt with an inscription of “MERENTI” (“FOR MERIT”)

and 16th Infantry Regiment Badge (in silvered bronze with blue and black enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Paulmann & Crone United Republic of with a strip of 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 with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked but with the physical