Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold on period bow ribbon with

on period bow ribbon with buckle

Residue in the recessed areas of the browning copper version from cleaning

He served with the 38th Battalion of the Canadian Division

MILANO"" on the reverse cartouche

BC on June 16 1943

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold on period bow ribbon 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