Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Award Document for the Invasion of Poland Hold it was discovered that about

it was discovered that about 300 servicemen who had surrendered at Laha airfield had been killed in four separate massacres between February 6 and 20

the obverse bearing a central red enameled Tyrolean eagle clutching a white enameled bullseye target overlaid by a mobile swastika

Footnote: Established in July of 1941

there is evidence of material fatigue from use

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Award Document for the Invasion of Poland Hold it was discovered that about(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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,