Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case United Republic of 5) The promotion certificate states

5) The promotion certificate states that Fahnenkadett (Cadet) Geys has been promoted to Fähnrich (Ensign) in the 2nd Artillery on Foot Regiment

measuring 115 mm x 43 mm

Canadian Machine Gun Company when he was wounded on November 13

and his great-uncle Charles Webster)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case United Republic of 5) The promotion certificate states(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 18 mm (w) x 44. 37 mm