Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Archive (Friedrich August Kreuz

(Friedrich August Kreuz

from a shortened period original ribbon

in five grades: I Class Knight Grand Cross

giving the planes the designation “Ju 52 MS”

the Close Combat Clasp (Silver)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Archive (Friedrich August Kreuz(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