An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Of Hanau Newly Listed Allen embarked for France with

Allen embarked for France with the Lord Strathcona's Horse

black cloth insignia with a silver/grey machine embroidered edelweiss with yellow stamen

two Tins (one stamped "BARRINGTON HALL SOLUBLE COFFEE" on lid

As a young man

but with most of the silvering worn off due to age and wear

An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Of Hanau Newly Listed Allen embarked for France withAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension clearly marked 25 for Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Graveur Gold und Silverschiede Innungen, Hanau; with its period original ribbon sewn together at the ends; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower