Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne GTRexclude arriving at the Canadian Base

arriving at the Canadian Base Depot in Le Havre

88 mm (h) x 46

illustrating a swastika with a half wreath of oak leaves below and the inscription "Gott mit uns" (God is with Us) in Gothic script above

England (May 1917 to December 1917) and Canada (December 1917 to February 1919)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne GTRexclude arriving at the Canadian Base(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