Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Schickle Core Newly Listed A Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst (Voluntary Labour

A Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst (Voluntary Labour Service/FAW) membership badge

he served in various companies of the 21st Infantry Regiment

die-hole at the top for suspension)

a few with gilt

obverse illustrating a standing winged man

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Schickle Core Newly Listed A Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst (Voluntary Labour(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