Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of 2mm x 23mm

2mm x 23mm

The smock is stencilled in black ink "PARKER" between the wings and the left breast pocket

surrounded by the inscription "LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANÇAIS" and engraver marked "MONTAGNY

During the second attack on the fortress Sevastopol Bruns was wounded in the thigh by a sharpshooter

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of 2mm x 23mm(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, unmarked, measuring