Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Auction Archive with the 25th Battalion

with the 25th Battalion

She was ordered to be scuttled by the commander of the ship

for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Target Coordinator during carrier attacks on the enemy in the Philippine Islands 11 - 14 November 1944

but not pilots

folds up to 902 mm x 217 mm)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Auction Archive with the 25th Battalion(1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, marked on loop with illegible maker mark, measuring 44. 03 mm (w) x 49. 52 mm (h), on loop for suspension from its