Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. certificate_of_authenticity with a slotted and depressed

with a slotted and depressed dark green velvet medal bed

A NSDAP bronze grade (3rd class) 10-Year long service award

As a Staff Sergeant

being promoted to Major in 1922 and to Oberstleutnant (lieutenant colonel) in 1928

7 - Reverse Langets

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. certificate_of_authenticity with a slotted and depressed(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