Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude (Deutsches Jugendfest Erinnerungsabzeichen)

(Deutsches Jugendfest Erinnerungsabzeichen)

it is likely that he used the alias John Jones to circumvent the fact that he was not of age when he enlisted

1854-1918 Issue

the brigade level was dissolved and the 22nd Infantry Division "Alpe Hunters" were formed on the two original infantry regiments and on the 1st Artillery Regiment for Infantry Division

91 mm (h - inclusive of loop)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude (Deutsches Jugendfest Erinnerungsabzeichen)(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, measuring