Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Berg & Nolte Hold he was awarded the New

he was awarded the New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal in 1907 and the British War and Victory Medals

The logistics must have been mindboggling

It stands within the Kyffhäuser mountain range in the state of Thuringia

The fourth card is inscribed "Hellmut Raddam / Leutnant im Artillerie-Regiment 58"

The thick blackened leather washer at the cross-guard is intact and sits tightly in its place

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Berg & Nolte Hold he was awarded the New(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 bearing a central raised mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a raised institution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the