Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction In April 1942

In April 1942

with records indicating bomber command having suffered 51% casualty rates

" This was followed by his participation with the 1st Pioneer Battalion during the Okinawa Gunto Campaign

6 mm x 111

The fact that an Oberleutnant was awarded the badge may suggest that Stipproweit had served in a different Luftwaffe branch before being transferred to the Flight branch

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction In April 1942(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, on loop for suspension from its original ribbon, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, unmarked, measuring