Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac support plate marked "POLSKAMISJA WOJSKOWA

support plate marked "POLSKAMISJA WOJSKOWA ZAKUPOW" (Polish Military Mission Purchases)

measuring 77 mm (w) x 77 mm (h)

the reverse with inscription of “DER TAPFERKEIT” (“FOR BRAVERY”) within a laurel branch wreath and above crossed standards

Private Brookes was in action at the Battle of Festubert

set on a 55 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac support plate marked "POLSKAMISJA WOJSKOWA(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, the suspension loop