Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed when he enlisted for service

when he enlisted for service as an Interpreter with 1st The Royal Dragoons (1D/4954) and served as a Trumpeter with the regiment

This particular belt and buckle is illustrated on page 85 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Irwin pinned the pilot's wings on Sergeant William Richard Tew in the official ceremony

with an Iron Cross 1st Class and Turkish Pilot's Badge below

79 mm (w) x 96

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed when he enlisted for service(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