Some typical examples from the Iron Cross series

 

2nd class Iron cross

1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class - Parade Mount

 

1939 clasp to the 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class

Standard 1939 Clasp to the 1914 Iron Cross 2nd class

 

Award ceremony for the 1939 Clasp to the 1914 iron cross

Award ceremony for the 1939 Clasp to the 1914 Iron Cross 2nd class

 

Westwall parade bar

Full parade bar with "Prinzen" size 1939 Clasp to the 1914 Iron Cross 2nd class

with matching ribbon bar

 

Iron Cross 1st Class

1939 Iron Cross - 1st class

 

1939 Bar to the 1st class Iron Cross

1939 Clasp to the 1914 Iron Cross 1st class

 

RK with Oak Leaves

1939 Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

 

bar

 

The Iron Cross in wear

 

EK2 in wear

1939 Iron Cross 2nd class as worn for award ceremony photographs

 

EK2 ribbon in wear

The Iron Cross 2nd class could be worn on either a full medal bar, ribbon bar or, as seen here, as a ribbon (without Cross) attached to the tunic button

 

1939 Clasp to the 1914 Iron Cross in wear

1939 Clasp to the 1914 Iron Cross 2nd class in wear

 

EK1_2 in wear

1939 Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class

 

39 bars to EK1_2 in wear

1939 Clasp to the 1914 Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class in wear

 

bar

 

1939 Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross in wear

 

Knight's Cross

Major Heinrich Ehrler

(Knight's Cross)

 

major walter storp

Major Walter Storp

(Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves)

 

Major Herbert Ihlefeld - RK, Oak leaves & Swords

Major Herbert Ihlefeld

(Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords)

 

Adolf Galland

Oberst Adolf Galland

(Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds)

 

Goering

Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring

(Grand Cross)

 

 

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