Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of Flight Commander Frederick Carr Armstrong

Flight Commander Frederick Carr Armstrong

Colonel William Randolph Winslow

the reverse shows the Iron Cross with rays between the arms

letter printed in black ink

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of Flight Commander Frederick Carr Armstrong(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