Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Lug Variant, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden a Navy Good Conduct Miniature

a Navy Good Conduct Miniature

The plain black celluloid grip shows minor surface wear and no cracks or chipping

It arrived in Vietnam in June 1966 and formed half of the infantry component of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) with 5RAR

Includes: Air Force Space and Missile Badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Lug Variant, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden a Navy Good Conduct Miniature(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