Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity wearing the collar tabs of

wearing the collar tabs of the SS-Pioniersturmbann (SS-VT Engineer Unit)

COLN-NIPPES" on a disk behind the centrepiece

were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself

a Wessel's Air-Mail Envo-Letter Advertising Card (printed in red and blue inks

inscribed “VERDIENST” in gilt capital letters

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity wearing the collar tabs of(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 but