Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive He was struck off strength

He was struck off strength of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada on proceeding to Canada

31 mm (w) x 54

bronze plates on either side illustrating plum blossoms flanking the Republican sun insignia with crossed flags of the Kuomintang and the Republic at the pommel end

large five-pointed star in Gold

A large and impressive Gold sash badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive He was struck off strength(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