Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a Marble Plaque (black marble

a Marble Plaque (black marble

A black leather chinstrap rests over the forehead of the helmet

Manitoba when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (148618) with the 78th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers"

a 1915 propaganda badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a Marble Plaque (black marble(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