Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Hold wooden plates embedded on either

wooden plates embedded on either side of the handle and held in place via two rivets and central pins

The inside is lined in Army green rayon from the mid-point to and including the area around the armpit on each side

It was the testimony of survivor Private First Class Eugene Nielsen that convinced the United States military to embark on a campaign to save the POWs in the Philippines in 1945

stating that since Heuer has recently been made Kriminalassistent

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Hold wooden plates embedded on either(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 looper