Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer visually-hidden encompassed by a wreath and

encompassed by a wreath and superimposed over a cross with pointed arms

/ To you from falling hands we throw / The torch

Accompanied by service records from the National Archives of Canada

worn on a red and white ribbon

During the Great War he commanded the 13th Batter

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer visually-hidden encompassed by a wreath and(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