Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Archive measuring 140 mm (w) x

measuring 140 mm (w) x 219 mm (h)

Harpe was awarded the Swords for successful leadership of his unit

Stitched onto the tunic above the upper right breast pocket is an insignia in the form of a dark grey wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire Luftwaffe eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Footnote: Frederick James Wannell was born on May 10

2) A Finnish Cross of Liberty ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Archive measuring 140 mm (w) x(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