An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By Steinhauer & Lück Of Lüdenscheid Auction Gilt wear evident on the

Gilt wear evident on the reverse of the smaller medallion

And since he was just starting off his trips - that night he was going to have his first trip while I was having my eighth: it was my eighth trip

Second Class -  In blackened iron core(magnetic)

suffering a gun shot wound to his left leg

An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By Steinhauer & Lück Of Lüdenscheid Auction Gilt wear evident on theGermany, T. Reich. German Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension; with its period original ribbon; 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; marked "4" on the ring,