Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Richard Simm & Söhne Hold to keep up morale

to keep up morale

original ribbon with brooch pinback marked "LI-GI"

numbered “6465” with its description

opened but with all contents intact

His citation appeared in an Air Ministry Bulletin and in Flight Magazine of October 5

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Richard Simm & Söhne Hold to keep up morale(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