Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer Archive engraved in the centre with

engraved in the centre with the initials "WN" (William Newnham)

number 273464

He died in Kassel

shows German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Vojtech Tuka

he himself re-attached the insignia to his cap using a field repair kit before he immigrated to the US in the 1950’s

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer Archive engraved in the centre with(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, the suspension loop