Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction A lot of six Wehrmacht

A lot of six Wehrmacht photographs

Footnote: Bickford Edward Sawyer was born on 1 August 1894 in Melrose

Instituted in 1949 (in silvered bronze

The officers of our troops have distinguished themselves by so many actions of considerable virtue and courage

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction A lot of six Wehrmacht(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