Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Rudolf Souval Archive bestowed to a mere eleven

bestowed to a mere eleven individuals between 11 February 1942 and 28 April 1945

Major of the Luftwaffe

encircled by a blue ring inscribed RN TRANSPORT

A cased Air and Space Commendation Medal

eight days after that fateful day

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Rudolf Souval Archive bestowed to a mere eleven(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Papiertte). 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