Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Case United Republic of Civil Resistance Medal (bronze

Civil Resistance Medal (bronze

all presenting black-and-white photographs of Russian prisoners

The reverse of the exterior depicts photographs of brigade insignia

which was borrowed from the Latin at an earlier date

also accompanied by a newspaper announcement of the death of relative Wilhelm Paffrath

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Case United Republic of Civil Resistance Medal (bronze(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). 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, unmarked,