Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Hold and unissued slip-on style Großdeutschland

and unissued slip-on style Großdeutschland Division Assault Pioneer Enlisted shoulder boards

20 mm (h - inclusive of loop suspension)

enlisted 30 January 1837

He was cited for his Military Medal in the London Gazette 29953 on February 19

3) A Bavarian Military Long Service Medal for 9 Years of Service

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Hold and unissued slip-on style Großdeutschland(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