Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude (Eisernes Kreuz 1870 Herzstück)

(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 Herzstück)

the obverse with raised depiction of the monument to the Battle of National

42 mm (h - including integral ring suspension)

De Vries is commemorated on page 290 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance and is honoured on page 19 of the memorial book "Canadian Jews in World War II

90 mm (w) x 25

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude (Eisernes Kreuz 1870 Herzstück)(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