Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Richard Simm & Söhne Hold Footnote: Established October 9th 1874

Footnote: Established October 9th 1874 by Charles VII of Spain and issued to recognize eminent services to the Carlist cause

numbered “6465” with its description

unmarked but certainly made by "Knaus

Jasta 21 had a lacklustre combat record and low morale

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Richard Simm & Söhne Hold Footnote: Established October 9th 1874(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