Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Unmarked United Republic of The regiment subsequently mobilized as

The regiment subsequently mobilized as an armoured car regiment

In early January of 1945 Hein was involved in the fighting in and around the Hungarian capital Budapest where he was severely wounded by a bullet penetrating his lower leg

three Belgian and four German banknotes

the strap bearing an embossed maker’s mark of “F

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Unmarked United Republic of The regiment subsequently mobilized as(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 reverse six oclock