Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant Auction Archive on what appears to be

on what appears to be the Eastern Front

addressed to Captain Hathaway at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood

Lemke received both the Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class

The second document has a more official character

Abbreviations

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant Auction Archive on what appears to be(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