Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive the British Union Jack taken

the British Union Jack taken down from the pole and draped over the rocky base

rendered extraordinary and effective services to the nationalist cause

after a heavy artillery bombardment on the village Schweinheim

for patrol in the Straits of Dover

with a central white enameled applique bearing a hand-painted red Hohenzollern eagle clutching green laurel branches

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive the British Union Jack taken(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, measuring