Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold "STERLING" and maker marked "BIRKS"

"STERLING" and maker marked "BIRKS"

constructed of a bronze shaft bearing a raised eagle and floral designs on the obverse

the obverse bearing a raised pillbox topped by a crossed sword and shovel and Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Mona May Bruford

death was related to military service (World War II)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold "STERLING" and maker marked "BIRKS"(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