Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed with an Iron Cross 1st

with an Iron Cross 1st Class and Turkish Pilot's Badge below

consisting of a leftward-facing white enameled falcon inlaid on a richly-textured Gold background

This particular belt and buckle is illustrated on page 85 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

when he enlisted for service as an Interpreter with 1st The Royal Dragoons (1D/4954) and served as a Trumpeter with the regiment

obverse bearing “MVSN” for "Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale" (translation: Volunteer Militia for National Security)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed with an Iron Cross 1st(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