Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Hold Stitched onto the chest is

Stitched onto the chest is an insignia consisting of a white cotton backer bearing a machine-embroidered black Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

in addition each link is separated via three small looped chain links on the top and three longer looped links on the bottom

Scarce: Light blue embroidered stylized eagle

at the age of 23 and was interred in the United States National Cemetery in Noumea

numbered "139" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Hold Stitched onto the chest is(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