Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude His citation appeared in the

His citation appeared in the Fourth Supplement to the London Gazette 30780 of Tuesday

Both his parents were born in Turkey: his father in the Rhodes Islands

the reverse overlaid by a blue enameled shield bearing an institution date of “1815”

clasp forced closed

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude His citation appeared in the(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, unmarked, measuring