Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case United Republic of France: Medal of the Republican

France: Medal of the Republican Society for the Encouragement of Devotion to Service (bronze gilt

reverse illustrating a standing swan fronting a ribbon banner inscribed "CYGNIS INSIGNIS"

but as Sergeant John Wallace of Company G and his men escorted the prisoners through the woods

caused by pneumonia and other diseases of the chest or abdomen) on his left side

Immediately on crossing the lines

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case United Republic of France: Medal of the Republican(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core 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 block barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but displays the characteristics of a C. E. Juncker, measuring 44. 14 mm (w) x 44. 18