Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class By C.e. Juncker United Republic of One shrapnel bullet remained lodged

One shrapnel bullet remained lodged in his neck

obverse bearing the bust of the national hero Jose Miguel Lanza on a silver field

It is signed in black ink by Captain at Sea and Leader of the Torpedo Boats

western Anatolia

The letter B stands for a certain company or battalion

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class By C.e. Juncker United Republic of One shrapnel bullet remained lodged(Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, maker