Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold within a stamped gilded circular

within a stamped gilded circular wreath (Type 1) impressed with oak leaves

reverse shows a sticker stating “PRÄGEANSTALT BELADA KFG

This is a condition of middle ear and nerve deafness pre-existent but aggravated by active service

(Bilder und Postkarten)

marked “RZM M9/3” as well as “Lauer Nürnberg”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold within a stamped gilded circular(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