Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne United Republic of white and red) horizontal cotton

white and red) horizontal cotton patches sewn back-to-back to the red field of the obverse

a 1938 NSDAP Regional Day badge

It was noted in the Clark County Press of Neillsville

1944 and disembarked in France a month later

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne United Republic of white and red) horizontal cotton(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