Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Republic of A signed postcard of SS-Sturmbannführer

A signed postcard of SS-Sturmbannführer (later Obersturmbannführer) Otto Skorzeny

57mm (x80mm including wreath suspension)

The distance to be traversed between these two points was about 1000 yards over open country which was under a terrific artillery fire

A professor later in life

overlaying a hand-illustrated depiction of a Panzer III

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Republic of A signed postcard of SS-Sturmbannführer(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 initial W, 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 maker