Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity in a letter dated January

in a letter dated January 21

having become separated from his company during an intense bombardment of high explosive and gas shells

Private Collings proceeded overseas for service in the French theatre from Southampton

Queen's South Africa Medal (17

the obverse with a central motif of a German mark 24 stick grenade crossed with a 98k carbine bayonet

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity in a letter dated January(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 with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring 44. 32 mm (w) x