Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl Hold Bessie Van Ark

Bessie Van Ark

with blur eyes

disembarking on the 17th

maker marked with code “30” for the Official Vienna Mint

gold star and and blackened palm (indicative of a posthumous award) affixed to an original ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl Hold Bessie Van Ark(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