Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Brüder Schneider Auction Archive FÜR BESONDERE LEISTUNG” (“SPORTS FESTIVAL

FÜR BESONDERE LEISTUNG” (“SPORTS FESTIVAL OF GERMAN AND ITALIAN YOUTH IN SWITZERLAND

1936” (Dear boss

Field Marshal and Statesman Paul von Hindenburg 1914-1915 Patriotic Badge: in bronze gilt with red

each of the pockets lined in a white cotton

topped with four bands of silver aluminum wire piping

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Brüder Schneider Auction Archive FÜR BESONDERE LEISTUNG” (“SPORTS FESTIVAL(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silvered frame, on loop for suspension from its original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silvered frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with the reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension