Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner Archive the masthead stating "War Department"

the masthead stating "War Department"

A Silver Member’s Badge

surmounted by a Victorian crown in silvered bullion wire

postmarked August 29

Number of Safety Reports (including one written by Sikes while employed by the Mediterranean Allied Air Force (MAAF) in Italy in February 1944

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner Archive the masthead stating "War Department"(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