Third Reich Iron Cross 2nd Class with Packet & Issue Citation – Item 97270

Third Reich German Iron Cross 2nd Class. Complete with its full length ribbon and retaining all its original finish. Complete with its packet of issue, maker marked Deschler & Sohn Munich. Completing set with issue citation awarding the medal to a Gefreiten Wilhelm Ross, Third Artillery Regiment. Awarded 20 August 1942. The citation is ink signed by the Commander of the 205th Infantry Division Paul Seyffardt (Knights Cross of the Iron Cross winner). This grouping is part of a number of items taken back to the USA by a GI to Pennsylvania and are fresh to the market.