Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Julius Maurer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic this airman was the rear

this airman was the rear gunner of an aircraft engaged on a reconnaissance flight over the Tunisian Road

The reverse bears a 1933-1935 version Kriegsflagge depicting a central black Iron Cross overlaying an Imperial-style red

5 cm-long magnetic steel blade emanating from a handle constructed of identical off-white bone

Saskatchewan on December 16

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Julius Maurer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic this airman was the rear(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