Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and a 1939 Iron Cross

and a 1939 Iron Cross

He was wounded in action on 7 February 1944 during the withdrawal and was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class in the field on 3 March 1944 - the citation signed by the General of Artillery

and Canadian Forces' Decoration with two Additional Ten Years' Service Clasps

and outer cartonage

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and a 1939 Iron Cross(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon formerly stitched into a parade mount, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock