Germany, Wehrmacht. A Parade-Mounted 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed when he was buried by

when he was buried by a shell explosion during the Second Battle of Ypres

silvered aluminum receiving clip maker marked with the "OLC" (Overhoff & Cie

Eagle Badge

indicative of Combat Engineers

He was transferred to the Canadian Machine Gun Troop at Maresfield on May 20

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Parade-Mounted 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed when he was buried by(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 parade mounted ribbon with horizontal pinback and a red wool reverse liner, the decoration 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