Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic d'Artillerie No matricule 03031

d'Artillerie No matricule 03031

the regiment was amalgamated with the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot to form The East Lancashire Regiment

with a national eagle placed on-top of the badge clutching a mobile swastika (swastika filed off)

was discharged to duty on October 31st

An extremely well preserved example of an alternative de-nazified 1957 version of a German Cross in gold

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic d'Artillerie No matricule 03031(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