Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne Newly Listed A Soldbuch named to Stabsgefreiter

A Soldbuch named to Stabsgefreiter Jakob Haas

where she was described as having “the greatest voice since the German soprano

as well as two straps with six reinforced eyelets meeting a single eyelet integrated into the tunic’s exterior for the accommodation of an optional belt hanger

having had to relinquish his command "on account of ill-health contracted on active service" and being permitted to retain his rank

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne Newly Listed A Soldbuch named to Stabsgefreiter(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