Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold green wool base presenting three

green wool base presenting three machine-embroidered oak leaves and a single acorn in green rayon threads

This contradictory nature was revealed when the prisoners were questioned later

with the handwritten inscription in pencil VERSENKT (SUNK)

consisting of 1) Prussian Order of the Crown

A 1938 Markt Rennershofen HJ Heim-Einweihung badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold green wool base presenting three(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