A Mint Iron Cross 1939 Second Class With Its Boutonniere GTRexclude In its hard-shelled case of

In its hard-shelled case of issue

Group to Private Alfred Sidney Saunders

It formed part of the 86th Division in Army group Centre

were met by very deadly fire from hidden machine guns

silvering on eagle nearly completely gone

A Mint Iron Cross 1939 Second Class With Its Boutonniere GTRexclude In its hard-shelled case ofAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension (marked 25 for Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Graveur Gold und Silberschmiede Hanau); with its mint and unissued period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution