Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Richard Simm & Söhne Hold 85 mm (h - inclusive

85 mm (h - inclusive wreath suspension)

where it was noted that he was "admitted with a large granulating mass over (the) appendix region

it confirmed that he was injured at Ypres on "17

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

missing its pinback and with oxidation and loss of finish evident throughout

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Richard Simm & Söhne Hold 85 mm (h - inclusive(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