Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction inscribed twice in pencil "Genrl

inscribed twice in pencil "Genrl Williams" and numbered "2314" on the reverse

with functional pushed-button clasp

that he had no previous military service and that his trade was that of Railway Clerk

Mechanic’s Cap Eagle

Membership became fully compulsory for boys in 1939

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction inscribed twice in pencil "Genrl(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, n 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 43.