Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Franz Petzl Republic of The reverse central disc bears

The reverse central disc bears a crowned monogram ""W"" (for King William I) surrounded by a laurel wreath

alongside company founder Gustav Deschler

with original stitching

Keller rose through the Luftwaffe's ranks

with ventilation eyelets perforated into the armpits

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Franz Petzl Republic of The reverse central disc bears(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 of 1813, the suspension loop maker