Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant, by Paul Maybauer Auction gently holding the bayonet in

gently holding the bayonet in place during storage

Footnote: The Libya Campaign Medal was instituted on September 6

maker mark on back “ Walgo Kierspe - BHF /W

He left Rouen

During this time he was promoted to SS-Rottenführer on October 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant, by Paul Maybauer Auction gently holding the bayonet in(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