Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. Archive the reverse with a raised

the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting round wire catch

a smaller panel at the front behind the fold down flap

was a farmer

His father’s profession: ropemaker

206th Infantry Battalion "Canadiens Français" Cap Badge (in pickled copper

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. Archive the reverse with a raised(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