He is credited with 135 confirmed aerial victories
” with a silver content number of “900” and a crescent moon and crown indicating German manufacture
constructed of black wool with a buckram core
It completes with a pommel featuring an insertion slot and functional push button spring release
and United States Navy Officer's Cap Badge (two-piece construction
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive He is credited with 135(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