Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold a high scarce five-armed star

a high scarce five-armed star with enameled white stripe on each arm

accompanied by a matching stick pin

on original ribbon with brooch pinback on reverse

that information and that for "Africaine" are not entirely consistent

upper left corner and bottom portion torn but re-taped to the board) and a photograph of Springett in Uniform (black and white faded to a sepia-tone

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold a high scarce five-armed star(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