Original German WWI & WWII Medal and Insignia Lot Featuring 1914 EK2 – 11 Items Original Items

Original Items: Only One Lot of 11 Available. This is a wonderful lot of items which were more than likely brought home by American soldiers at the end of both World Wars. They are in lovely condition and are perfect for the young collector who is looking to add a variety of medals and insignia to bolster their collections!

The Following Items Are Included:
World War I Era Items:
– Imperial German WWI Prussian Iron Cross Second Class 1914: The basic design of the WWI crosses is a central cross patee struck from iron and mounted in a silver frame which has a raised crenulated decorative border. The obverse of the cross bears the date 1914 under a crowned W monogram. The reverse bears an oak leaf cluster in the center, with the date of the decoration’s institution 1813 underneath, and the crowned FW initials of Frederick William on the top arm above the oak leaf cluster. Suspension for second-class (EK II) types is by means of a ring, and frequently this ring bears a maker’s stamp. There is a mark on the ring, but we cannot tell if it is just a scratch, or a maker marking.
– German WWI Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (Hindenburg Cross) Medal: The medal features Crossed Swords and does not have a ribbon. Maker marked with K M & F on the reverse.
– German WWI Red Cross Service Medal: The medal was established in 1898 for service to the Prussian Red Cross Society. The medals were initially struck in bronze. In 1916 the material changed to iron. Since 1917 and until 1921 the medals were struck in zinc alloy.

World War II Items:
– German WWII Panzer EM/NCO’s M39 Breast Eagle: The German army originally adopted a slightly modified version of the NSDAP’s, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Workers Party), national eagle by order on February 17TH 1934, with instructions to have it applied to all steel helmets, visor caps, and tunics by May 1ST 1934. Later amendments to the introductory order stipulated that the national eagle was also to be worn on all field caps, the sports uniform and the black panzer wrap tunic. The eagle came in three distinct designs with two having slightly different, out-stretched wings and the third with down-swept wings. Generally officer’s ranks utilized hand or machine embroidered breast eagles while EM/NCO’s ranks utilized machine embroidered or machine woven breast eagles. During the war the breast eagles were manufactured in a variety of slightly different manufacturing techniques and colorations. The early standard issue EM/NCO’s M36 breast eagles were in white threads and were to be abolished in 1939 to be replaced with a less visible, grey, M39 breast eagle but the changeover was never fully completed. The early produced M36 and M39 breast eagles were mounted on a dark blue/green base while later production models were on a field-grey base. Both the M36 and the M39 breast eagles were intended for wear on the combat field blouse. Of Note: Panzer versions of the breast eagle were on a black base to match the black panzer wrap uniform. This is a later, M39 pattern, machine woven, national breast eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swas in its talons in matte grey rayon threads on a woven, black, rayon base. The eagle is still on its original, black, rayon factory roll.
– Eastern Front Medal (Ostmedaille): The medal shows signs of wear with surface oxidation and build-up. Unfortunately most of the silver wash is gone.
– Mountain Troop Sleeve Edelweiss: Pre-1940 pattern, vertically oval, blue/green badge cloth base with a machine embroidered edelweiss with thirteen irregular white petals, an eight bulb, yellow stamen with black accent threads and dual green leaves and stem. The edelweiss is encompassed with a silvery/gray mountaineer rope border, with a white piton to the top center.
– Medical Personnel Trade Badge: Early, (Pre-1940), blue/green badge wool base with a hand embroidered Asklepian, (serpent intertwined on a staff), in bright golden yellow rayon threads.
– Obergefreiter Rank Chevron: The insignia consists of two, “V” shaped, machine woven, diamond patterned, tress chevrons in subdued, matte gray rayon threads, machine stitched on a field-gray wool base, which tapers down to a pointed tip.
– EM/NCO’s M43 Cap Cockade: Machine woven, national tri-color cockade features a black, outer circle, encompassing a white, inner circle and a red center dot mounted on a woven, badge cloth green rayon, diamond shaped base.
– Kriegsmarine Hauptgefreiter Chevron: The insignia consists of triple, machine embroidered, cornflower blue “V” shaped chevrons on a brushed white cotton base.
– Adolf H Tinnie: The tinnie has no words present on the face and features an embossed image of Adolf H with a very noticeable tiny mustache. No pin present on reverse.

All items come ready for display.