Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with LDO Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic on original ribbon light

on original ribbon light

Footnote: John Taylor was born in Lymington

Zinc - In silvered zinc

an excellent example in slightly worn condition

It is dated to Berlin on March 24

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with LDO Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic on original ribbon light(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