Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann certificate_of_authenticity He was admitted into the

He was admitted into the Moore Barracks Hospital on June 17

shedding tears

as a result of being diagnosed with chronic rheumatism

He is commemorated on page 25 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance and is remembered with honour on the Halifax Memorial

A Weimar-era Stahlhelm North Sea district sleeve patch depicting the regional coat of arms

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann certificate_of_authenticity He was admitted into the(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