Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed As his party's sole candidate

As his party's sole candidate

The letter sent by Michael’s squad leader informs his family of Michael’s death

After a year of office work

He survived the war and joined the Bundeswehr in 1956

the obverse presents an engraved woman plowing the field in silver

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed As his party's sole candidate(Eisernes Kreuz 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 44. 37