Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of 1939 Ii Class Iron Crosses Newly Listed Officer's Breast Badge (silver gilt

Officer's Breast Badge (silver gilt

The Australian troops who arrived at the downed plane just prior to his death reported his last word as "kaputt" (broken)

with Oberfeldwebel Collar Tabs and Shoulder Boards

a slightly worn cross

measuring 34 mm (w) x 61 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of 1939 Ii Class Iron Crosses Newly Listed Officer's Breast Badge (silver gilt(Eisernes Kreuz, II. Klasse). A pair of 1939 Second Class Iron Crosses, including a decoration on a period correct replacement ribbon, consisting of 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 plain with the exception of original institution date of 1813