Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of serving in France and Flanders

serving in France and Flanders with the 7th Battalion "British Columbia Regiment"

the snub-nose finial having been dented inward

The five ventilation holes at the base of the spike and rear spine with ventilation shutter is indicative of a post 1895 manufactured pickelhaube

arriving there two days later and setting up camp on East Capital Hill

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of serving in France and Flanders(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, 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 with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm,