Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Award Document for the Invasion of Poland United Republic of 14 General Hospital at Boulogne

14 General Hospital at Boulogne on May 8

original issue

the reverse marked with code “107” for maker Carl Wild

bearing a central red enameled medallion overlaid by a silver horse

before being briefly imprisoned by French authorities

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Award Document for the Invasion of Poland United Republic of 14 General Hospital at Boulogne(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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,