Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Alois Rettenmeyer United Republic of South Africa 1902 (8136 CORPL

South Africa 1902 (8136 CORPL C

surface rust and scattered silvering loss evident on the insignia

in the year 1940

where he graduated with an MA in History

and an adiditonal stabilizing hook to be attached to the uniform

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Alois Rettenmeyer United Republic of South Africa 1902 (8136 CORPL(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 but with the