Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold His rating was officially changed

His rating was officially changed from Seaman Second Class to Seaman First Class on November 16

and his Order of the People's Hero Award Document (printed in black

Machine embroidered inn grey threads

” with a swivel crown suspension and its period original tri-fold ribbon featuring crossed swords

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold His rating was officially changed(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm,