Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Frame 2, by Hermann Aurich Hold Operation Malheur began on May

Operation Malheur began on May 11

measuring 36 mm in diameter each

flanked on each side by acanthus leaves of identical construction

the reverse maker marked “Reichsverband Pforzheim”

a position he would hold for next thirteen and half months

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Frame 2, by Hermann Aurich Hold Operation Malheur began on May(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