Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed there is material fatigue evident

there is material fatigue evident to the sweatband

disembarking in Halifax on August 5th and was never to see service in the Pacific theatre

and Elies personal effects

which he completed on August 6th aboard N3N Landplanes

He was deemed fit for service and placed with first reserves

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed there is material fatigue evident(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, unmarked but with the