Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Version With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold It was for his efforts

It was for his efforts during the Battle of Guadalcanal that he would earn a Battalion Citation from A

when the severity of his wounds rendered him unfit for further service

inscribed "The Seat of War in the East

the Black Wound Badge (November 26

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Version With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold It was for his efforts(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). A high quality 1957 version 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and a silvered bronze alloy, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silvered frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date