Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By Klein & Quenzer Archive that he served in the

that he served in the South African War for eighteen months and that his occupation was that of Master Mariner

four miles south-east of Southampton

He married after his discharge

The Battalion was raised under the authority of P

A silver cross pattee with blue enameled arms

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By Klein & Quenzer Archive that he served in the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a full banjo style vertical pinback and barrel hinge with a round wire catch in Type A style, marked 65 on pinback for