Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive He retired from service in

He retired from service in 1960 and for his long service in the Royal Canadian Navy

smooth finished butterscotch-coloured leather tab stitched in place on the underside at the right end

This Cross had been made by the company "Schickle" up to 1945

Colonial Issue

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive He retired from service in(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