Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Kriegsdenkmünze für die Feldzüge 1870–71

(Kriegsdenkmünze für die Feldzüge 1870–71 für Nichtkämpfer)

he was taken prisoner by US forces and was released two years later

scattered contact marks and surface wear

with a national eagle placed on-top of the badge clutching a mobile swastika (swastika filed off)

the obverse bears a large V with a lion

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Kriegsdenkmünze für die Feldzüge 1870–71(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