Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold covering 1611 flights

covering 1611 flights

numbered "116167" and inscribed "PENALTY FOR MISUSE 500 DOLLARS OR SIX MONTHS IMPRISONMENT" on the reverse

although his records do not clarify as to why

The tunic measures approximately 432 mm across the shoulders

three with red and white enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold covering 1611 flights(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