Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Version With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold 18 mm x 22

18 mm x 22

where he was to do his Under Recruit Training

then posted to the Canadian Forestry Corps at Sunningdale on January 29th

when the severity of his wounds rendered him unfit for further service

chipping evident in the blue enamels on the obverse centrepiece and in the white enamels on one reverse arm

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Version With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold 18 mm x 22(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). A high quality 1957 version 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and a silvered bronze alloy, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silvered frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date