Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, "Round 3" Version Newly Listed reverse inscribed "AWARDED TO" and

reverse inscribed "AWARDED TO" and engraved "BARTON TORY L-K-A-OF-A 1901"

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (164114) with the 84th Infantry Battalion

maker marked “Wilhelm A

and France: National Order of Merit

the reverse inscribed “EIN VOLK

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, "Round 3" Version Newly Listed reverse inscribed "AWARDED TO" and(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). "Round 3" version. 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,