Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic he was taken prisoner by

he was taken prisoner by US forces and was released two years later

An extremely well preserved example of an alternative de-nazified 1957 version of a German Cross in gold

the obverse bears a large V with a lion

the obverse consisting of a winged arrow

d'Artillerie No matricule 03031

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic he was taken prisoner by(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