Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. Hold measuring 33 mm (w) x

measuring 33 mm (w) x 27 mm (h)

5 mm in diameter respectively

accompanied by a typewritten letter to Friedrich’s father Julius informing him of his son’s death on 29 June 1941

measuring 50 mm (w) x 75 mm (h)

then posted to "H" Wing at the Canadian Concentration Camp for return to Canada on May 29th

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. Hold measuring 33 mm (w) x(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