Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive discovered it was perfect for

discovered it was perfect for cultivating the polio virus

often referred to as the "father of Russian photo-reporting"

protective strip along the edge of the helmet rises slightly where the ends overlap

above a raised inscription of “DER KOMMANDIERENDE GENERAL U

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive discovered it was perfect for(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