Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Hold obverse inscribed "VIVA AMERICA" above

obverse inscribed "VIVA AMERICA" above crossed swords

obverse illustrating a tank with an angled swastika above

A Reichsheer EM/NCO’s belt and buckle

he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant (August 24

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Hold obverse inscribed "VIVA AMERICA" above(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