Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Recipient Photo visually-hidden He was appointed as a

He was appointed as a Midshipman with seniority

on five-sided suspension ribbon with horizontal pinback

some loosening of the blade from within the hilt

they had their answer

the obverse maker marked “HELFRICHT

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Recipient Photo visually-hidden He was appointed as a(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Foto). 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,