Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude maker marked on reverse “DOUBL”

maker marked on reverse “DOUBL”

Both his parents were born in Turkey: his father in the Rhodes Islands

Measuring 210 mm x 70 mm (folded)

with two deer’s teeth in the antlers

clasp forced closed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude maker marked on reverse “DOUBL”(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