Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Auction Archive suspended from a hanger inscribed

suspended from a hanger inscribed "WISCONSIN" and maker marked "J

First Class - Bronze with a gold-coloured wash and enamels

four months would pass before he would leave for the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp on September 16

maker marked on reverse fastener

rim impressed 135519

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Auction Archive suspended from a hanger inscribed(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 institution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the