Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Richard Simm & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity marked with the Bulgarian coat-of-arms

marked with the Bulgarian coat-of-arms and inscribed in cyrillic ОРДЕНЪ СВ

exhibiting wear and soiling)

Footnote: Berthold Roßmüller briefly joined the Hilfspolizei (auxiliary police) in 1933

SS-Untersturmfuhrer

1916 and was sent to Camp Niagara for training but after seven weeks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Richard Simm & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity marked with the Bulgarian coat-of-arms(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