Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Award Document for the Invasion of Poland Hold Cross of Honour of German

Cross of Honour of German Mother

Footnote: Established in July of 1941

it was discovered that about 300 servicemen who had surrendered at Laha airfield had been killed in four separate massacres between February 6 and 20

consisting of a Cross Pattée with its arms joined through the quadrants by a circular oak leaf wreath

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Award Document for the Invasion of Poland Hold Cross of Honour of German(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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,