Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl Hold (DRL Leistungsabzeichen)

(DRL Leistungsabzeichen)

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Lorenz Petersen is awarded the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

obverse illustrating a group of twenty-five sailors in a park setting

award document is discolored on the sides

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl Hold (DRL Leistungsabzeichen)(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, the suspension loop