Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Franz Petzl Province of China reverse with Romanov-style imperial eagle

reverse with Romanov-style imperial eagle

"Acts of Dedication"

but were instead used for the restoration and enlargement of the Summer Palace to replace the Old Summer Palace that was destroyed in 1860

Footnote: Peter Young was born in Linlithgowshire

knocking out one enemy gun and capturing another

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Franz Petzl Province of China reverse with Romanov-style imperial eagle(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