Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class GTRexclude and then attended to the

and then attended to the wounded and carried them back

41 mm x 64 mm inclusive of its crown suspension

41mm(w) (x 65mm including wreath suspension)

a month shy of his seventieth birthday

8 rounds being fired

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class GTRexclude and then attended to the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse). A cross pattee of multi piece construction, with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed frame; on a loop for suspension unmarked; accompanied by a period original ribbon (moderately ripped); the obverse the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower