Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class Auction maker marked "AD

maker marked "AD

a Luftwaffe Technical Personnel sleeve patch

stamped with a crown over "F A" inside a circle on the front

but were almost universally known as the "Honey"

Footnote: Edward Wardell was born in 1881 and was from Putney

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class Auction maker marked "AD(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with the exception of original institution date of 1813 in raised numbering on lower arm, on loop for suspension from its