Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Walter & Henlein visually-hidden Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal

Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal (in fire gilt bronze

they threw up their hands and yelled

(4183276 A

do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint you to be an Officer in Our Land Forces from the Eighth day of August 1914

Of fine French manufacture

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Walter & Henlein visually-hidden Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945) 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, unmarked, measuring 44. 17 mm