An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction Archive The first badge issued had

The first badge issued had the 256th Infantry Battalion designation

8 mm inclusive of its fire helmet suspension

hand crafted

He established the first Ottoman railroad network and Sirkeci Train Station in Istanbul

on a black embroidered inverted triangular patch

An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction Archive The first badge issued hadAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension; with its full size period original ribbon sewn into a loop; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm;