Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Franz Petzl visually-hidden A matching set of Waffen-SS

A matching set of Waffen-SS Infantry Enlisted personnel shoulder straps

a postage stamp in black ink dated 23 December 1943

overlaid by a black swastika

trimmed at both the top and bottom with white threaded piping

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Franz Petzl visually-hidden A matching set of Waffen-SS(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