Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Rudolf Souval Archive Christoph Freiherr von Pittel and

Christoph Freiherr von Pittel and Heinrich Freiherr von Pittel:   This one-of-a-kind frame tells the story of a father and son

the obverse with a machine-embroidered oval oak leaf overlaid by a golden-yellow threaded swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

In a Court of Inquiry held at West Down

A veteran World War I fighter pilot ace

as well as Várpalota Castle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Rudolf Souval Archive Christoph Freiherr von Pittel and(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 with the