Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Jakob Bengel Archive All suspended from an 80

All suspended from an 80 mm-long bar with a magnetic metal core

and dedication to their service for a minimum of twenty years

Instituted by King Ferdinand VII on March 24

Corporal Thomas Dennis was sent home from South Africa on January 8

rescued downed pilots

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Jakob Bengel Archive All suspended from an 80(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, the suspension loop