Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Gottlieb & Wagner Newly Listed 1917 by shrapnel causing a

1917 by shrapnel causing a flesh wound to the calf of his right leg: "On Sept

It also describes in detail his two injuries: "On June 13th 1916 was blown by shell explosion up against the side of (a) dugout

within a pebbled gilt ring

The following Spring of 1919

The front is adorned with an extremely large gilt and silver shako plate

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Gottlieb & Wagner Newly Listed 1917 by shrapnel causing a(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, unmarked but