Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Archive It sits securely within a

It sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard

the announcement appearing in the Fifth Supplement to the London Gazette 30916 of Friday

Dark patina on the obverse

Evidence of the ferocity of the fighting experienced by Fraser and his comrades in late May 1944 is also to be found in Colonel John Sym

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Archive It sits securely within a(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