Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Early Spanish-Made Variant for Blue Division Volunteers consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with some scratching to the

with some scratching to the naming on Laurie's medal

Gallant had served a total of fifty months in Canada and the United Kingdom

but he returned to fight in the following Battle of Pagsanjan

Otto Schickle Pforzheim

with a smooth rolled edge along the entire skirt of the helmet and large and pointed rivets

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Early Spanish-Made Variant for Blue Division Volunteers consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with some scratching to the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse eines spanischen Freiwilligen der Blauen Division). Constructed of blackened and silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with classic Spanish style buckle and pinback, consisting of a one piece Cross Patte with a blackened core within a ribbed and silvered frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm