Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant certificate_of_authenticity with a storage pouch added

with a storage pouch added on the inside back cover

The inside is lined in a gold-coloured rayon

1917 and awarded for heroism and leadership in combat

he entered the French theatre on April 16

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant certificate_of_authenticity with a storage pouch added(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