Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Issue certificate_of_authenticity (Reichsnährstand Ziegenzucht Leistungsabzeichen)

(Reichsnährstand Ziegenzucht Leistungsabzeichen)

was related to his military service during World War II

he was retained on the Active List for the duration of hostilities

19 October 1944

A fine and early example of a order of the German Eagle/Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler 3rd Grade/3

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Issue certificate_of_authenticity (Reichsnährstand Ziegenzucht Leistungsabzeichen)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and nickel alloy, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed nickel alloy 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 1813, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop and