Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude the disk bearing the number

the disk bearing the number "2" surrounded by the inscription "QUEEN'S OWN RIFLES OF CANADA"

Shanks is remembered with honour at Oxford (Botley) Cemetery

2nd Class for Eighteen Years' Service (silver

number 49742

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude the disk bearing the number(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 raised mobile swastika, with an upside down core situating the reinstitution date of 1939 at the twelve oclock position, the reverse twelve oclock position with an