this particular badge would be unique in the bestowing of awards by any nation
Magnetic metal fixtures are riveted to the tip
attached via a metal chain to the pocket's silver gilt button
which he described as "two long years in The Black Republic"
H LEES & Co 1916" on the reverse
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Zink Core Version, by Paulmann & Crone visually-hidden this particular badge would be(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of zink and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened zink core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o'clock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked but demonstrating the