Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Award Document and Memorial Photo, to Unteroffizier WIlhelm Baarck Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic instituted on June 18

instituted on June 18

Accompanied by a Miniature Group of Six: Distinguished Service Order

The medal was to be presented to the officers and men of the United States Navy and Marine Corps who participated in engagements and battles that were deemed to be of sufficient importance to merit their commemoration

presents a white enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials and a cluster of rays in each quadrant

Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Award Document and Memorial Photo, to Unteroffizier WIlhelm Baarck Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic instituted on June 18(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde und Foto). 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