Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Of Hanau Archive Twelve days later

Twelve days later

the 88th exceeded many other regiments in the sheer numbers of officers killed and incapacitated while leading the regiment

He does make a second attempt to get into the Army after World War II

His patrol captured 3 Germans

maker marked “RZM M1/14” for “Matthias Öschler & Sohn

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Of Hanau Archive Twelve days laterAn Iron Cross 1939 Second Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse); a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension marked 24 for Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hanauer Plakettenhersteller; with a correct replacement ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original