Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Version Hold taking Course No

taking Course No

A Saxon War Honour Cross certificate to Walter Schneider

A medal constructed of brass-bronze (“Messingbronze”)

according to Joseph Goebbels "because the Soviet Union had not signed the Convention and did not follow its provisions at all"

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Version Hold taking Course No(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and neusilber, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed and silvered frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of