Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive An Exceedingly Rare & Recovered

An Exceedingly Rare & Recovered German Order

followed by a fighting retreat through 1943 and 1944 as the Red Army pushed westward

it killed only one and slightly wounded another

insignia of The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment on the front cover and the text on the spine in gold-coloured ink

a RAD Abteilung 4/186 Sleeve Badge (red and white embroidery on black cotton

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive An Exceedingly Rare & Recovered(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, unmarked, measuring