Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction 14 x 19 cm

14 x 19 cm

Lieutenant Darby was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross after sinking a Japanese freighter he encountered on a lone mission

dated 5 June 1940

that he was Married (Separated status)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction 14 x 19 cm(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