Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Jakob Bengel Hold and 12 o’clock arms for

and 12 o’clock arms for wearing

The Volunteer Service Companies of the Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) were raised during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) to reinforce the overstretched British Army in South Africa

with obverse centre displaying an embossed enameled green Mary Cross

A matching set of Wehrmacht Generalleutnant shoulder boards

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Jakob Bengel Hold and 12 o’clock arms for(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