Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual & Possibly Unique Iron Cross Ii Class 1939, By Friedrich Keller Hold Pinned into the cap band

Pinned into the cap band just underneath the cockade is an aluminum Ordnungspolizei insignia consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

A typically faceted ten-pointed star constructed of silver

He reminds his comrade about the difficulties of these undertakings

the battalion was transferred to the Military Command in France

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Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual & Possibly Unique Iron Cross Ii Class 1939, By Friedrich Keller Hold Pinned into the cap band(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A unique 1939 Iron Cross II Class, 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, presenting plain with the exception of an initial institution date of 1813 on the reverse six oclock arm, the suspension loop marked with a