Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. Archive 69 mm (w) x 53

69 mm (w) x 53

His father’s profession: ropemaker

A textbook example of a fine quality manufacture Luftwaffe Honour Goblet (Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe) German Cross in Gold Recipient Herbert Lettow

The envelope also features an outline of the Zeppelin with two other Graf Zeppelin stamps on the obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. Archive 69 mm (w) x 53(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