Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive "Forget Me Not" Rifle Sweetheart

"Forget Me Not" Rifle Sweetheart Badge (three-piece construction

badge retains most of the bronze finish

The Germans used during the engagement a machine-gun very conveniently mounted

Austria: War Cross for Civil Merit

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive "Forget Me Not" Rifle Sweetheart(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