Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau certificate_of_authenticity Observing twenty-seven Japanese bombers

Observing twenty-seven Japanese bombers

with the exception of the Vatican City

with its period-original ribbon and a sewn-on horizontal pinback

award document for the “Kreta” Cuff Title awarded in the name of the Führer to Leutnant Franz Steigleder

with minor enamel loss and contact

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau certificate_of_authenticity Observing twenty-seven Japanese bombers(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 with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop maker marked with