Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Hold Instituted in 1218

Instituted in 1218

maker marked "AWS" within a coat-of-arms (A

The Battalion was raised in the Counties of Hastings and Prince Edward

measuring 125 mm (w) x 30 mm (h)

Otto Köhn was killed during air raid protection service (Luftschutzdienst) in Hanover on October 9

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Hold Instituted in 1218(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