Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive illustrating a battle scarred landscape

illustrating a battle scarred landscape interlaced with multiple trenches and diverse structures

the reverse bearing the handwritten names and unit numbers of 20 of the subjects

The battalion fought as part of the 3rd Infantry Brigade

George V (R

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive illustrating a battle scarred landscape(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