Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Großmann & Co. Auction Archive bearing four bands of silver

bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire interspersed with carmine threading

He was officially diagnosed with a "compound fracture of the humerus in the upper third" and underwent an operation at Rouen that day

indicating that the wearer was part of the Dutch Army Infantry

On February 12th

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Großmann & Co. Auction Archive bearing four bands of silver(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