Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Newly Listed He was transferred shortly thereafter

He was transferred shortly thereafter to the 169th Infantry Battalion "109th Regiment"

crafted in silvered tombac

court-mounted with swingbar pinback

He attained the rank of Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) during World War II

composing a seminal manual on guerrilla warfare

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Newly Listed He was transferred shortly thereafter(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse). A ross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension marked, but not fully legible; suspended from its period original 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 institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm; measuring