Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude & Frankfurt - Distinguished Flying

& Frankfurt - Distinguished Flying Cross

While in action at the Battle of the Somme

surrounded by elegant enameled red border with French inscription L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE

the First War medals with a conjoined pinback

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude & Frankfurt - Distinguished Flying(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 with the