Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Schinkel-Form Version Auction the text on the front

the text on the front cover and the spine in a orange

with light grey embroidered border with central laurel leaf bunch and single silvered rank pip

measuring 88 mm (w) x 137 mm (h)

without a helmet on the reverse

He obtained a French flight licence in August 1934

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Schinkel-Form Version Auction the text on the front(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, unmarked but