Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Hold 59 mm (w) x 51

59 mm (w) x 51

obverse illustrating the twenty-seven man crew of U-26

Footnote: Sericulture

Shannon was was listed as ‘now escaped’ on 28 July 1918

a lighthouse giving off light at the left and waves below

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Hold 59 mm (w) x 51(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 restitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop