Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac two CANADA Eagle Insignia Patches

two CANADA Eagle Insignia Patches (light blue embroidery on black wool

original ribbons are transposed as per the veteran

The use of an alis when enlisting into the military is not an unusual event and the Canadian expeditionary Force certainly has a number of enlistees who

70 mm (w) x 25

box maker marked "ELLIS BROS

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac two CANADA Eagle Insignia Patches(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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring