Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Brüder Schneider consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac when he enlisted as a

when he enlisted as a Private with the New York Army National Guard at nearby Belfast

in top quality

Footnote: William Piper was born on March 15

with one of the sides partially cut out to allow the fingers to slide the matchbox out of the cover once empty

the base also pasted with four felt discs to mitigate surface scratching

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Brüder Schneider consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac when he enlisted as a(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 tri fold 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