Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Archive The first known distinctive metal

The first known distinctive metal branch insignia authorized for the Army is this helmet plate c

KENNING & SPENCER LONDON" on the reverse

He is buried in Raillencourt Communal Cemetery Extension

closing with two functional snap buttons

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Archive The first known distinctive metal(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 suspension loop