Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne Newly Listed but their pants were made

but their pants were made of green wool just like the frock coats

as well as two straps with six reinforced eyelets meeting a single eyelet integrated into the tunic’s exterior for the accommodation of an optional belt hanger

and treated as a liberated and independent country after the war

Footnote: Hellmuth Becker (1902–1953) was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

A Soldbuch named to Stabsgefreiter Jakob Haas

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne Newly Listed but their pants were made(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