Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive in POW camp 23 in

in POW camp 23 in Monteith

intact lugs and bar clip

circumscribed by a ring of blue-enamel bearing the motto FORTITER PRO PATRIA (STRONGLY FOR COUNTRY)

He continued Militia service in Toronto and served from 1947 through 1963 in 8 Signal Regiment

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive in POW camp 23 in(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, on loop for suspension, 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 with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, unmarked, measuring 43. 63 mm (w) x 48. 25 mm (h),