Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Berlin” and maker marked with

Berlin” and maker marked with the stylized logo of “Friedrich Linden

Footnote: The development of poisonous gasses used as offensive weapons in the First World War necessitated the development of defensive gas masks and accessories

suffering a gun shot wound to his right hand

) 20 Regensburg on the Eastern Front

this time as a Private (49519) with 101 Squadron at the Canadian Remount Depot

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Berlin” and maker marked with(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, measuring