Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hanauer Gold- und Silberschmiedeinnung Newly Listed in the Amiens sector of

in the Amiens sector of France

in gilt alloy

with silvered eagle in the center

and with an oak leaf with a rank pip embroidered on each tab with fine quality flat

he was also a mill owner

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hanauer Gold- und Silberschmiedeinnung Newly Listed in the Amiens sector of(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 but