Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed (Heer Panzerjäger Verleihungsurkunde)

(Heer Panzerjäger Verleihungsurkunde)

obverse bearing “MVSN” for "Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale" (translation: Volunteer Militia for National Security)

with an Iron Cross 1st Class and Turkish Pilot's Badge below

The Braunschweig archives say of Johann Gellrich: “in 1810 he went with the English Braunschweig regiment to Spain

This particular belt and buckle is illustrated on page 85 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed (Heer Panzerjäger Verleihungsurkunde)(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, the suspension loop