Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wächtler & Lange Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 5 cm (w) x 7

5 cm (w) x 7 cm (l) x 1

Nepean Township

Thomas Ontario prior to enlisting in the CEF in December 1914

Gronow served with Jäger-Regiment 227

measuring 139 mm x 90 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wächtler & Lange Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 5 cm (w) x 7(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei