Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity He resided in Ottawa from

He resided in Ottawa from 1979 to 1989

Torpedo Boats "Motosiluranti" Badge (silvered zinc with red and blue enamels

Smylie rescued two people from a burning house in Vancouver

with interests in softball

808th recipient of the Oak Leaves on March 28m 1945

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity He resided in Ottawa from(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the reverse of the pinback maker