Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Buy Now then transferred to the Canadian

then transferred to the Canadian Railway Construction Corps at the Canadian Railway Troops Depot on February 5th

He was a resident on North Bay

On the 6th of April his unit took part in smashing their way past the border and capturing the towns of Unterdrauburg in Slovenia

He eventually made his way to the west coast of Canada

The belt measures 50 mm wide x 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Buy Now then transferred to the Canadian(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened 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 a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 85 mm (w) x 43. 94mm (h),