Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold had trouble standing and complained

had trouble standing and complained of pain in his shoulders

This contradictory nature was revealed when the prisoners were questioned later

the obverse centre presenting the Good Samaritan within a beaded border

A 1938 Markt Rennershofen HJ Heim-Einweihung badge

with the handwritten inscription in pencil VERSENKT (SUNK)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold had trouble standing and complained(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, unmarked, measuring