Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed Two integrated bands featuring oak

Two integrated bands featuring oak leaf designs are set around the upper third of the shaft

silver wings flanking a CAF cypher above a ribbon banner inscribed in Latin "SIC ITUR AD ASTRA" (Go To The Stars)

Footnote: Helmut Schmid was born on January 30

the Memorial Cross is engraved and in its hardshelled case of issue

an all-volunteer militia of the Kingdom of Italy

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed Two integrated bands featuring oak(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