Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with LDO Case, by Hermann Aurich Archive For extraordinary heroism in action

For extraordinary heroism in action against enemy Japanese forces at Peleliu and Ngesebus from September 15 to 29

Gunner Mark Methuen received the Distinguished Service Cross for Miscellaneous Services

slightly frayed

and a Mecklenburg-Schwerin War Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with LDO Case, by Hermann Aurich Archive For extraordinary heroism in action(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). 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 reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the