Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. certificate_of_authenticity As a Staff Sergeant

As a Staff Sergeant

an infantry company drawn from the unit held part of the divisional front on Monte Stanco for three months

posted to the Shore Base H

and some material fatigue to the leather straps

A NSDAP bronze grade (3rd class) 10-Year long service award

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. certificate_of_authenticity As a Staff Sergeant(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