Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold Republic: Order of Merit of

Republic: Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (in bronze gilt with white enamels

maker mark “L

constructed of a bronze shaft bearing a raised eagle and floral designs on the obverse

1919 where he would serve almost two years

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold Republic: Order of Merit of(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