Germany, Luftwaffe. A Paratrooper Lieutenant Service Uniform Tunic Archive Iron Cross Second Class 1939

Iron Cross Second Class 1939 - Magnetic/iron core

Instituted on 17 March 1943

together with the toning down of Soviet-Romanian common cultural ventures

Mitchell was with 103 Squadron aboard Lancaster JB278

the reverse bears a pinback with flat wire  catch

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Paratrooper Lieutenant Service Uniform Tunic Archive Iron Cross Second Class 1939(Luftwaffe Leutnant Feldbluse mit Fallschirmjgerabzeichen). This tunic is constructed of dark grey wool, featuring a turned down collar flanked by a matching set of Luftwaffe Lieutenant collar tabs, constructed of a buckram core, the exterior constructed of bright yellow wool, the obverse bearing a single gull, constructed of rolled silver aluminum bullion chord, adorned with laurel leaves beneath, equally manufactured of twisted and rolled silver