Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Unmarked United Republic of the oldest umbrella organization of

the oldest umbrella organization of German fraternities

marked on reverse "RZM SS OLC 36/43" (Overhoff & Cie Lüdenscheid)

In early January of 1945 Hein was involved in the fighting in and around the Hungarian capital Budapest where he was severely wounded by a bullet penetrating his lower leg

the strap bearing an embossed maker’s mark of “F

The regiment subsequently mobilized as an armoured car regiment

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Unmarked United Republic of the oldest umbrella organization 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, the reverse six oclock