Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Brüder Schneider Auction Archive a commemorative inscription along with

a commemorative inscription along with the Arabic date "1256" according to the Muslim calendar below the fort

in and around Lens

to honour him on his departure from India in 1898

rim engraved HERZOGTHE GOTHA VND ALTENBURG MDCCCXIV MDCCCXV

which was due to return to the Mediterranean

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Brüder Schneider Auction Archive a commemorative inscription along with(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 tri fold 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