Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of he joined the army as

he joined the army as a volunteer

The cap measures 285 mm x 110 mm

type with "smooth arms" (1854-1879)

it was eventually brought to Vezia (Lugano)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of he joined the army as(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