Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of silver star base with a

silver star base with a silver gilt and enamelled insignia

He was officially discharged from the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the rank of Lance Corporal

measuring 46 mm x 23 mm

having increased his disability

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of silver star base with a(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 blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with 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 demonstrating