Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold Footnote: The Royal Order of

Footnote: The Royal Order of the Sword is a Swedish order of chivalry and military decoration created by King Frederick I of Sweden on February 23

This thirty-four day war patrol was made in an area adjacent to a strongly fortified

circumcumscribed with “Treue Dienste in der Wehrmacht’

four times

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold Footnote: The Royal Order of(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, unmarked, measuring