Germany, Luftwaffe. An 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with 8 May 1945 Document, to Stabsgefreiter Fritz Demtröder Newly Listed 3) A 25-Year Long Service

3) A 25-Year Long Service Cross for Officers “Dienstauszeichnung für Offiziere für 25 Dienstjahre”

He finished the war on the Eastern Front

Mounted on single suspension

before returning to the United States as CbtDevlComd (Combat Development Command) at Fort Belvoir

between the arms is a silver gilt Cross of St

Germany, Luftwaffe. An 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with 8 May 1945 Document, to Stabsgefreiter Fritz Demtröder Newly Listed 3) A 25-Year Long Service(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 restitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring 44.