Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Richard Simm & Söhne Archive Gümbel was employed with Reichsbahndirektion

Gümbel was employed with Reichsbahndirektion München

he was made Archbishop of Aigina despite personal protests in humility

with a War Merit Cross without Swords 1st Class

Canadian Field Artillery based at Moncton

(Décorations France et Colonies)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Richard Simm & Söhne Archive Gümbel was employed with Reichsbahndirektion(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