Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hermann Aurich Province of China An 1864 Mecklenburg Military Merit

An 1864 Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross

mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback as worn by the veteran

a white enamelled double headed eagle with delicate wings

Burma 1944–1945*

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hermann Aurich Province of China An 1864 Mecklenburg Military Merit(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 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