Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Auction Archive The Battalion served in France

The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 5th Infantry Brigade

Ostfriesland (East Frisia

reported the disaster to the Navy Department

inscribed “Krieger-Verein Fechingen”

constructed of bronze gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Auction Archive The Battalion served in France(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon,