Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction with Cushing surviving the sinking

with Cushing surviving the sinking and was uninjured

measuring 55 mm (w) x 135 mm (h) each)

he crawled back to his position and aided in repulsing the attack by placing withering fire on the enemy

“Welcome Home: What Next” document provided to soldiers upon arrival home

all constructed of fire gilded zink

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction with Cushing surviving the sinking(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