the second section has a shorter looped cord with a braided sliding adjustment knot and a loop at its end
but other theories suggest that the letters represent FOEDERE ET RELIGIONE TENEMUR (WE ARE HELD BY PACT AND RELIGION)
Seventh Class - Breast Badge
Accompanied by a silver and silver gilt miniature with crown and trophy suspension
and fully functional - operational by pressing the crown once to start the watch
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the second section has a(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