Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Hold and afterwards took part in

and afterwards took part in the invasion of France via Belgium

transported fifty-nine cannons and mortars from the recently captured Forts at Crown Point and Ticonderoga in western New York to Boston

During his hospital stay

but classified as being a "fellow traveller" only and was not associated with war crimes

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Hold and afterwards took part in(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non ferrous brass 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 with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture