Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 77 mm (w) x

measuring 77 mm (w) x 77 mm (h)

on loop for suspension from a clasp of crossed swords

both marked "Ges Gesch"

support plate marked "POLSKAMISJA WOJSKOWA ZAKUPOW" (Polish Military Mission Purchases)

He was shot down five times and wounded on three occasions

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 77 mm (w) x(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