Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive mounted to a base in

mounted to a base in silver with light blue and black enamels illustrating a light blue cross framed by an open-ended wreath of oak leaves and laurel leaves

Excellent example of this scarce medal

indicating that he was likely the original owner of the album and that he may have been an Ambulance Driver attached to the SS unit

In May 1916 was buried by shell explosion

he describes what happened at the Battle of Quatre Bras

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive mounted to a base in(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, unmarked, measuring