Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifle Battalion

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifle Battalion

consisting of 1) A Second Pattern RLB (Reichsluftschutzbund/National Air Raid Protection League) membership stick pin

at which point he became a naturalized citizen

QC) White metal

after living an fantastical prewar and wartime lifestyle in China

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifle Battalion(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 45. 11 mm (w) x 45. 10 mm (h), weighing 19. 2 grams, the