Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold His stay would be a

His stay would be a short one

for another three and a half week stay

without a district or bench mark

Blondeel received the message to prepare three teams for an operation in eastern Normandy

the obverse bears a central raised cross paty with a central monogram of Duke Bernard III

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold His stay would be a(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