Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross II Class, Type II, by Ziemer & Söhne Auction reverse inscribed ""CE METAL PROVIENT

reverse inscribed ""CE METAL PROVIENT DES CHAINES DE L'ANCIENNE SERVITUDE DU PEUPLE FRANCAIS QUE LOUIS XVI A FAIT BRISER / LE 14 JUILLET 1789""

1895 - August 16

Mary Harley of Hamilton

War Cross 1940 – in bronze

Puttkamer had been taken over into the Reichsmarine after the war and became an Oberleutnant zu See (Naval Senior Lieutenant) in 1923

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross II Class, Type II, by Ziemer & Söhne Auction reverse inscribed ""CE METAL PROVIENT(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz II. Klasse 1914 2. Form). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse retaining all four attachment prongs, accompanied by its original Third Reich period ribbon, unmarked