Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of 09 mm (w) x 40

09 mm (w) x 40

1944 – for successfully defending the besieged city of Kovel

1940 and signed in blue ink by a Major General and Höherer Nachrichtenführer (Higher Signals Leader) of Air Fleet Command 5

Now cut off from the world above

the Germans again counterattacked the 1st Infantry Division

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of 09 mm (w) x 40(Eisernes Kreuz 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 43. 90