Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Paul Küst United Republic of above laurel and oak branches

above laurel and oak branches and topped by a date og “17 MÄRZ 1863”

including one depicting a Luftwaffe swearing-in ceremony

marked “C W” (for Carl Wild

Some Notes on the Numbering System

(Luftwaffe Fotoalbum)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Paul Küst United Republic of above laurel and oak branches(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