Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac finally joining the 31st Infantry

finally joining the 31st Infantry Division at Budapest in 1911

His eligibility for the first three medals are noted as follows: 1939-1945 Star (HQ 2 Div

the reverse is marked “GES GESCH” and bears a vertical pinback

though retaining civilian pilots

dated December 17

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac finally joining the 31st Infantry(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