Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Brüder Schneider visually-hidden 1943 and was stuck off

1943 and was stuck off strength ten days later

Netherlands coat-of-arms on the lid

the interior lid in red silk with maker’s label of M

the face with a circular central medallion bearing Annamese characters meaning ‘It is worthy to develop knowledge’ within a stippled ring inscribed ‘INDOCHINE FRANCAISE’ (French Indochina)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Brüder Schneider visually-hidden 1943 and was stuck off(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