Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with stylistically unique suspension of

with stylistically unique suspension of the Goddess of the Earth with twisting her hair and red and green robs

the son of Allan Charles Rose and Bernice Rose of Toronto

both in original case of issue with wear to both

This was pioneering work: before Ferry Command

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with stylistically unique suspension of(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