Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne Archive He received the Iron Cross

He received the Iron Cross 1st Class and the Infantry Assault Badge in 1941

with the enamels well preserved without chipping of any kind and only two minor scratches

SCHMIDHAUSSLER PFORZHEIM" on the reverse

Footnote: With a total of 170 of this Order of Berthold the First Commander Cross awarded

At last light on October 22nd

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne Archive He received the Iron Cross(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