Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity with Botham achieving the rank

with Botham achieving the rank of Petty Officer one week later

Three silvered and three gilt pebbled buttons with raised eagle & swastika combination

He was taken on strength by the 26th Battalion on the 21st

number impressed "6395" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity with Botham achieving the rank(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, unmarked, measuring