An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction Archive The front center of the

The front center of the field cap features a single insignia with a machine woven national eagle with stretched-out wings

1941-44 period

Waffen SS "Stamkarte" File - Waffen-SS Stammkarte

8 mm inclusive of its fire helmet suspension

The first badge issued had the 256th Infantry Battalion designation

An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction Archive The front center of theAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension; with its full size period original ribbon sewn into a loop; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm;