Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of featuring a machine-embroidered

featuring a machine-embroidered

Footnote: SS-Hauptsturmführer Hermann Schröder was awardedIron Trefoil for "exceptional brave conduct and successful leadership of his units during 1943

He attended another course from October 28 to November 24

The Battalion was raised in eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier

John Macrae

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of featuring a machine-embroidered(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with 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