Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Archive Eulenkamp 54) in Germany

Eulenkamp 54) in Germany

measuring 140 mm (w) x 219 mm (h)

Stitched onto the tunic above the upper right breast pocket is an insignia in the form of a dark grey wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire Luftwaffe eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Footnote: Frederick James Wannell was born on May 10

Harpe was awarded the Swords for successful leadership of his unit

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Archive Eulenkamp 54) in Germany(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