Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of measuring 79 mm (w) x

measuring 79 mm (w) x 115 mm (h) x 24

named to Otto Keil as an Oberleutnant

scattered gilt wear on the suspension loop on the Grand Cross

1944 he flew 191 minesweeper missions and destroyed 15 mines in the North Sea

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of measuring 79 mm (w) x(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, the suspension loop