Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and Meiningen

and Meiningen

A train­ing “sausage machine” seemed to be the only solu­tion to the prob­lem

as it was issued to a child

as mentioned in the Third Supplement to the London Gazette 31430 of Tuesday

surrounded by a blue enamel surround inscribed NIHIL SINE DEO (Nothing Without God) with crossed laurel and oak leaf sprigs at 6 o’clock

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and Meiningen(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