Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac that "About week & half

that "About week & half ago (he) was taken with pain in his right side & felt feverish at night

The lower button secures in an intact RZM label which bears a maker code of “B18/2002”

KIA: British War Medal (603251 PTE

and the swastika has been etched out of the cover

Inset into the reverse of the crossguard is a functional push-button release connecting to a clip which emanates from the ricasso to lock onto the scabbard’s clip

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac that "About week & half(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