Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Archive within a wreath composed of

within a wreath composed of a branch of laurel leaves and a branch of oak leaves and acorns

Editor's Notes

The Battalion embarked Canada on May 16

So continuous and severe was the shelling that even slit trenches were not safe

the reverse with a central circular medallion bearing the initials ‘AdH’ for Armée de Haïti (Army of Haiti)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Archive within a wreath composed of(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, the suspension loop