Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Newly Listed home of his parents

home of his parents

court-mounted with swingbar pinback

He was transferred shortly thereafter to the 169th Infantry Battalion "109th Regiment"

and very desirable

the Regiment managed the war well

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Newly Listed home of his parents(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse). A ross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension marked, but not fully legible; suspended from its period original ribbon; 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 arm; measuring