Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant, by Paul Maybauer Hold he joined the 4th Heavy

he joined the 4th Heavy Battery SAA on the 12th and remained with them until June 1st

It is recorded that Captain Halkett awarded a couple of dozen lashes to the ringleaders but otherwise

9th Cavalry

including a 1933 NSBO/German Labour Front (DAF) Erfurt deployment badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant, by Paul Maybauer Hold he joined the 4th Heavy(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 but