Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold followed by a member of

followed by a member of the German Labour Front

where Birch was killed in action on 12 April 1917 in the attack on Hill 145 ‘The Pimple’

until February 18

shows a horizontal slender banjo-style pinback

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold followed by a member of(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