Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkels Nachfolger Newly Listed and the Germans 35

and the Germans 35

and this soldier in particular

(Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine Mützenabzeichen)

The certificate states that Flieger-Oberingenieur (Aerial Senior Engineer) Helmut Molle of Department E3 of Testing Site of the Luftwaffe in Rechlin is awarded the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

17 Depot RAF

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkels Nachfolger Newly Listed and the Germans 35(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