An Iron Cross Second Class 1939 By Hermann Wernstein certificate_of_authenticity five very gallant officers were

five very gallant officers were killled

in the shell-shattered Somme section

that he was Single and that his trade was that of Farmer (his letter and number PC 918061 under the Military Service Act)

Unmarked though "Braca Knaus" was the sole maker

attached to 27mm wide "War Commemorative" ribbon by prongs

An Iron Cross Second Class 1939 By Hermann Wernstein certificate_of_authenticity five very gallant officers wereAn Iron Cross Second Class 1939 by Hermann Wernstein; Silver frame, iron core, magnetic, maker marked "5" (Hermann Wernstein, Jena Lobstedt) on the ring, 44. 8 mm, surface rust evident, better than very fine.