Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Jakob Bengel Hold joined together at the bottom

joined together at the bottom by a Wolfsangel rune

with obverse centre displaying an embossed enameled green Mary Cross

reverse centre in blue enamel presenting the motto of the order: VIRTUS NOBILITAT

The Volunteer Service Companies of the Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) were raised during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) to reinforce the overstretched British Army in South Africa

A matching set of Wehrmacht Generalleutnant shoulder boards

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Jakob Bengel Hold joined together at the bottom(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