Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Hold Before his service in the

Before his service in the military he worked as a sculptor

and from Staaken to Giebelstadt - a total of 2189 km

/ Given at Chicago in the State of Illinois this 4th day of MARCH in the Year of Our Lord 1949 and of this Association this No

marked “C W” (for Carl Wild

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Hold Before his service in the(1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, marked on loop with illegible maker mark, measuring 4416 mm (w) x 47. 95 mm (h), on loop for suspension from its period