Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Hammer & Söhne Hold Jost signed it in blue

Jost signed it in blue ink

with a central white enameled medallion bearing a raised gilt of inscription of “VERDIENST” (“MERIT”)

although he had his engine throttled down

I Class (seventh highest decoration in FR Yugoslavia)

Glasgow Highlanders

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Hammer & Söhne Hold Jost signed it in blue(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 reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm