Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac above a banner bearing an

above a banner bearing an inscription of “STURMANGRIFF” (“CHARGE”)

1908 - October 3

Obermaschinist of imperial yacht Hohenzollern

Second class silver medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac above a banner bearing an(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 but