Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Auction Archive He was laid to rest

He was laid to rest at Zuydcoote Military Cemetery

on loop for suspension from its period original bowtie ribbon with horizontal pinback

A 1936 Georgswalde Niederland Gebietstreffen badge

and was decorated with the EK1 in January 1944

the bottom is marked with red orb

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Auction Archive He was laid to rest(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