Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold qualified as explosive ordnance disposal

qualified as explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians

with a magnetic silvered button in the buttonhole for uniform attachment

later seeing a promotion to Captain on April 21

"KENTTÄARMEIJA" (Army) clasp on the original ribbon

inscribed in French "ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE EXPOSITIONS NATIONALES DU TRAVAIL" and Dutch "KONINKRIJK BELGIE NATIONALE ARBEIDSTENTOONSTELLINGEN" flanking the National Exhibition of Work insignia on the lid

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold qualified as explosive ordnance disposal(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