Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Republic of Footnote: Sigfrid "Sigge" Wilhelm Bergman

Footnote: Sigfrid "Sigge" Wilhelm Bergman was a Swedish skier

with an upward-pointing hook on its reverse to support the collar badge

A postcard (104x148mm) showing the emblem of the Luftlandegeschwader (Airborne Combat Wing)

in its manufacturer's box of issue

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Republic of Footnote: Sigfrid "Sigge" Wilhelm Bergman(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