Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered Bavarian Red Cross Water Rescue Service insignia

Hindenburg Cross with Swords

The hilt features a hooked quillon and insertion slot retaining an original green wool liner

The sailors stacked the bodies in hand carts and took them away for burial

Intricately patterned with rows of silver bullion and green embroidery

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered(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