Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl Hold gold star and and blackened

gold star and and blackened palm (indicative of a posthumous award) affixed to an original ribbon

Athabaskan was apparently torpedoed by the German torpedo boat T-24

the label inscribed "Fl

Bessie Van Ark

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl Hold gold star and and blackened(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