Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude Shanks is remembered with honour

Shanks is remembered with honour at Oxford (Botley) Cemetery

1942 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 8

A gas shell explosion forced him back into the trench

herself born in the same year as the Captain (1841)

marked with "star" mark on reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude Shanks is remembered with honour(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 raised mobile swastika, with an upside down core situating the reinstitution date of 1939 at the twelve oclock position, the reverse twelve oclock position with an