Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Rudolf Souval Newly Listed An unissued Heer Gebirgsjäger EM/NCO’s

An unissued Heer Gebirgsjäger EM/NCO’s sleeve insignia

the War Cross medal

with blue enamel surround with Gold HAWAII KE KALAUNU (Crown of Hawaii) and laurels

Next to it is the letter R that probably stands for Russia (Rußland)

east of New Guinea aboard the troop ship Cape Victory on November 10

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Rudolf Souval Newly Listed An unissued Heer Gebirgsjäger EM/NCO’s(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Papiertte). 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