A Mint Iron Cross 1939 Second Class With Its Boutonniere Archive suspended from a pinback hanger

suspended from a pinback hanger inscribed "MASSACHUSETTS")

a congratulatory letter from a Fregattenkapitan

since the M40 did not feature rear suspender straps as issued with the M40 pants (Tropenhose)

"PRO PATRIA" (For Country) below and engraver marked "P GRANDHOMME"

1914 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel L

A Mint Iron Cross 1939 Second Class With Its Boutonniere Archive suspended from a pinback hangerAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension (marked 25 for Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Graveur Gold und Silberschmiede Hanau); with its mint and unissued period original ribbon; 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