Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Berlin Hold and Prague)

and Prague)

wounded and invalidated from flying for a year

the central superimposed insignia features a blue enamelled cross with wreath segments in each quadrant

Their first engagement was the Battle of the Kursk Salient

Footnote: Henry Patrick Mangan was born on July 8

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Berlin Hold and Prague)(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