Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Zink Core Example, By Paulmann & Crone Auction Archive 29496 Private William John Maitland

29496 Private William John Maitland

This magnificent result

It had only 24 known members

regimental breast badge and military insignia issued (the Army

pictured wearing a Knights Cross of the Iron Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Zink Core Example, By Paulmann & Crone Auction Archive 29496 Private William John Maitland(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of zink and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened zink 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