Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed one of the favourite portraitists

one of the favourite portraitists of the imperial family

1870-71 Franco-Prussian War medal

with the announcement appearing in the London Gazette 27995 of Friday

who may have taken his inspiration from a medal established and awarded by his father

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed one of the favourite portraitists(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 mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring