Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class Hold 2 mm inclusive of its

2 mm inclusive of its bar suspension

Footnote: Claude Francis Mahaney was born on April 8

measuring 170 mm in diameter x 120 mm in height

They went overseas together and were both transferred to the 124th Infantry Battalion on October 18

and United States Army Veteran’s Souvenir Badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class Hold 2 mm inclusive of its(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, unmarked, measuring 44. 44 mm (w) x 48. 23 mm (h)