Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Obergefreiter Walter Trier United Republic of a certificate for Social Welfare

a certificate for Social Welfare Decoration

The citation reads “Colonel John H

with a full-length sash

evidence exists that some SS members wore this type of skull

Type II (GVIR)

Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Obergefreiter Walter Trier United Republic of a certificate for Social Welfare(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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,