Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a large Wehrmacht-style German

with a large Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

along with other members of their squadron

measuring approximately 34 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

measuring 54 mm x 82 mm

Footnote: William Matthew Elliott was born on November 24

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a large Wehrmacht-style German(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