Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. GTRexclude inscribed “Patriae Ac Humanitati” (Latin

inscribed “Patriae Ac Humanitati” (Latin - For Country and Humanity) in silver lettering

with a 59 mm long stick pin

Major Willis-O'Connor

enamels in worn/damaged condition

trimmed on all four sides in a strip of red wool

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. GTRexclude inscribed “Patriae Ac Humanitati” (Latin(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