Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Jakob Bengel Archive Corporal Thomas Dennis was sent

Corporal Thomas Dennis was sent home from South Africa on January 8

Instituted by King Ferdinand VII on March 24

rescued downed pilots

the reverse opening to reveal an engraved dedication to “ROBERT BESSER 1897-1937”)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Jakob Bengel Archive Corporal Thomas Dennis was sent(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