Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant Archive due to its increase in

due to its increase in size from a regiment to a Panzergrenadier division and was designated SS Panzergrenadier Division LSSAH

Schmidt appears at the far right in the photo

with full length of neck  ribbon

including a set of Leutnant tabs

The tunic closes with six pebbled zink buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant Archive due to its increase in(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