Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with a national eagle placed

with a national eagle placed on-top of the badge clutching a mobile swastika (swastika filed off)

the obverse consisting of a winged arrow

was discharged to duty on October 31st

the obverse bears a large V with a lion

It is gift addressed in black ink "To my husband Christmas 1941 / With Love Eileen" on the endpaper on the inside front cover

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with a national eagle placed(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