Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Rudolf Souval Archive a nice piece of German

a nice piece of German Great War aviation history

a factory with three plumes of smoke and the greeting "WELCOME" in the background

A veteran World War I fighter pilot ace

while the reverse ricasso is marked THE F-S FIGHTING KNIFE

as well as Várpalota Castle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Rudolf Souval Archive a nice piece of German(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 with the