Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Richard Simm & Söhne Democratic Republic of the Due to its limited distribution

Due to its limited distribution and its frequent award to members of the indigenous population

with nearly all of the original gilt remaining

on a folded ribbon

He was a resident of Essex when he signed his Attestation Paper (2006737) on September 10

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Richard Simm & Söhne Democratic Republic of the Due to its limited distribution(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