An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction Archive Ryan and Douglas and a

Ryan and Douglas and a daughter

The front center of the field cap features a single insignia with a machine woven national eagle with stretched-out wings

hand crafted

The first badge issued had the 256th Infantry Battalion designation

1941-44 period

An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction Archive Ryan and Douglas and aAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension; with its full size period original ribbon sewn into a loop; 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;