Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Brüder Schneider Newly Listed FROM YOUR FATHER HANS BARTSCH

FROM YOUR FATHER HANS BARTSCH (HAUPTMANN DER RESERVE)”

As many American workers were laid off poor German immigrants were allegedly taking their jobs at lower wages

Footnote: John Lamont was with the 72nd Foot

constructed of pebbled magnetic metal

three Medals for Merit to the Nation

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Brüder Schneider Newly Listed FROM YOUR FATHER HANS BARTSCH(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 suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 106 for Brder Schneider, Vienna,