Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive I see myself forced to

I see myself forced to arrange the dismissal of older officers from active service

silver castle insignia

with a central white enameled applique bearing a hand-painted red Hohenzollern eagle clutching green laurel branches

after a heavy artillery bombardment on the village Schweinheim

At the time she was struck

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive I see myself forced to(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