Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class GTRexclude appointed Acting Sergeant (July 25

appointed Acting Sergeant (July 25

He was promoted to Supply Sergeant on February 3

was created during the later part of World War II (from 1943 until 1945)

He joined the NSDAP in 1930 and the SS in 1931

1917 at the age of 25 and is buried in the Villiers Station Cemetery in Pas de Calais

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class GTRexclude appointed Acting Sergeant (July 25(Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with the exception of original institution date of 1813 in raised numbering on lower arm, on loop for suspension from its period