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

the reverse is engraved 1941

5 (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

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

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