Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Hermann Aurich Newly Listed circumscribed “Groß-Ostasien von Fremdherrschaft befreit”

circumscribed “Groß-Ostasien von Fremdherrschaft befreit” (Greater East-Asia freed from foreign domination)

and a picture of a Navy NCO

growing 6 cms in the time span of 11 months between the issuing of the Wehrpaß and the Soldbuch

SZULEWSKI 11020256" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Hermann Aurich Newly Listed circumscribed “Groß-Ostasien von Fremdherrschaft befreit”(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 maker