Germany, Imperial. A Cased 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive postmarked Port Rowan

postmarked Port Rowan

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 141 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

He was released from Active Service prior to August 1946

A Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Badge

lost his plane and (was) picked up and taken to an island where he had several days rest"

Germany, Imperial. A Cased 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive postmarked Port Rowan(Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an