Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class By Hermann Aurich United Republic of a condition that he had

a condition that he had experienced chronically since childhood

the undersigned Commander in Chief do hereby commission him to rank as such from the 20th day of May one thousand nine hundred seventy-seven

inscribed "I have the honor in sending my insignia of rank to Lt

this HJ knife is a typical example of a well-used knife

surrounded by the inscription "GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class By Hermann Aurich United Republic of a condition that he had(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, on loop for suspension, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, marked on suspension loop with code 113 for