Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Schinkel-Form Variant, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of the exterior embossed DEUTSCHLAND FLUGZEUGFÜHRER

the exterior embossed DEUTSCHLAND FLUGZEUGFÜHRER

all of which is framed by a wreath composed of two branches of linden leaves

silver and silver-gilt palms and lion ribbon emblems were awarded for various categories of Mention in Dispatches

Trenker eventually moved to Rome in 1940

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Schinkel-Form Variant, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of the exterior embossed DEUTSCHLAND FLUGZEUGFÜHRER(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 Pate with a blackened non magnetic metal 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 but