Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By J.e. Hammer & Söhne, Geringswalde Auction Archive his wife Sarah died in

his wife Sarah died in October 1877

on a star base

Each board also features a single silvered zink acorn

Hauptsturmführer was the most commonly held SS officer rank during the Second World War

Signature on Post War Photo: Hermann Priess

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By J.e. Hammer & Söhne, Geringswalde Auction Archive his wife Sarah died inAn Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension marked 55 for J. E. Hammer & Shne, Geringswalde; with its mint and unissued period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution