Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of 1939 Ii Class Iron Crosses Newly Listed MILANO" on the reverse

MILANO" on the reverse

The Australian troops who arrived at the downed plane just prior to his death reported his last word as "kaputt" (broken)

heaving stitched 20 mm wide leather strap sewn in place along the lower portion of the shako

a slightly worn cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of 1939 Ii Class Iron Crosses Newly Listed MILANO" on the reverse(Eisernes Kreuz, II. Klasse). A pair of 1939 Second Class Iron Crosses, including a decoration on a period correct replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with the exception of original institution date of 1813