Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer Archive the front strap appears to

the front strap appears to be stamped "LANGE RINGSN" in block letters

His first of many Squadrons was RCAF 402 and just twenty days after his arrival he carried out his first sweep over occupied France

comprising: Prussia: Iron Cross

2nd Class - Three-piece construction

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer Archive the front strap appears to(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