Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude Five Service Bars and "Ruptured

Five Service Bars and "Ruptured Duck" Honorable Discharge)

Gunner HANSON's (sic) bravery and devotion to duty during a long period under unusually heavy enemy fire were of the highest order

also for long and useful activity in public service and for other services for the common good"

the interior features a dark navy medalbed with a crème coloured silk lid lining

WWI 159th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF - Pickled brass

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude Five Service Bars and "Ruptured(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