Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case United Republic of six Lieutenant-Colonel Rank Insignia (frosted

six Lieutenant-Colonel Rank Insignia (frosted silver

He was then taken on strength on June 28

Canadian Machine Gun Company when he was wounded on November 13

and his great-uncle Charles Webster)

inscribed "2

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case United Republic of six Lieutenant-Colonel Rank Insignia (frosted(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 18 mm (w) x 44. 37 mm