Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Republic of but I know of what

but I know of what I am talking when I say that of all the soldiers I have met and observed in the army - for real

date stamped "1915"

with an upward-pointing hook on its reverse to support the collar badge

in its manufacturer's box of issue

Footnote: Sigfrid "Sigge" Wilhelm Bergman was a Swedish skier

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Republic of but I know of what(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