Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Brüder Schneider Auction The USS Cushing itself was

The USS Cushing itself was heavily hit by enemy fire at about 0200 on November 13th and was stopped

surrounded by the inscription AL MERITO MILITAR (To military Merit) in Gold

one on each breast wit small brown plastic buttons

Accompanied by copies of his Attestations for Militia Volunteers (1872)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Brüder Schneider Auction The USS Cushing itself was(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 tri fold 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