Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive three of the four photos

three of the four photos are stamped "Please credit CANADIAN ARMY PHOTO PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE M

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on the left is the number 28 for the date and to the right the Roman numeral XII for the month

and Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver frame

The crown of the cap is flanked on each side by dual metal-reinforced ventilation holes

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive three of the four photos(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