Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with LDO Case, by Hermann Aurich Archive The shaft bears a hook

The shaft bears a hook for the accommodation of a frog

Gunner Mark Methuen received the Distinguished Service Cross for Miscellaneous Services

its influence on the arts and jewelry was profound

The scar tissue in the cornea from the old injury is increasing slightly

slightly frayed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with LDO Case, by Hermann Aurich Archive The shaft bears a hook(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). 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