Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude including his old regiment

including his old regiment

while General Courtney Hodges's First Army was ordered to break through the front near Aachen

full name The United Religious

A fine quality manufacture and very well preserved 1935-1938 issue Military Merit Cross Second Class Neck Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude including his old regiment(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