Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne Hold 1942 and signed in green

1942 and signed in green ink by an Oberfeldarzt (Senior Field Doctor) and Head Physician of the Reserve Military Hospital in Rinteln (Lower Saxony)

including a 1934 “The Saar is German” badge constructed of silvered bronze

he was a Corporal during his COTC training (1942-1943)

circumscribed “Südsee

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne Hold 1942 and signed in green(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