Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude Klasse in Silber mit Schwertern)

Klasse in Silber mit Schwertern)

and was awarded the Infantry Assault Badge for his actions on 7 December 1942

with a crimped sheet metal hinge and a crimped flat catch

1) A document awarding the Eastern Front Medal named to Feldwebel Karl Fries on 6 September 1942

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude Klasse in Silber mit Schwertern)(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