Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class by the Disputed Maker “138” Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic both unmarked and measuring 37

both unmarked and measuring 37 mm (w) x 100 mm (l)

from July 1936 until its disbandment in 1939

Patrol Leader of the Armed Gendarmerie Badge - in die stamped silvered bronze

Signature on Post War Photo: Fritz Kercher

1915 in London

Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class by the Disputed Maker “138” Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic both unmarked and measuring 37A fine example of an Iron Cross 1939 Second Class by the disputed maker 138. (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse) Reinstituted September 1st, 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver on a fixed loop and ring for suspension, 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