Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of 1939 Ii Class Iron Crosses Newly Listed measuring 34 mm (w) x

measuring 34 mm (w) x 61 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

and on September 1

The Australian troops who arrived at the downed plane just prior to his death reported his last word as "kaputt" (broken)

a slightly worn cross

He returned to Japan for twelve days

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of 1939 Ii Class Iron Crosses Newly Listed measuring 34 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz, II. Klasse). A pair of 1939 Second Class Iron Crosses, including a decoration on a period correct replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte of multi piece construction 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 plain with the exception of original institution date of 1813