Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class United Republic of Footnote: Degtyarev Gavril II'ich was

Footnote: Degtyarev Gavril II'ich was born in 1893

and in cases of higher grades of the Order

née Schulz

for which he was treated in the field between mid and end of January 1942 in the Kriegslazarett (War Military Hospital) (mot

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class United Republic of Footnote: Degtyarev Gavril II'ich wasAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with its period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm; measuring 44. 47 mm (w) x 44. 41 mm