Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Footnote: The Battalion was raised

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Alberta with mobilization headquarters at Calgary

(NSDAP-Dienstauszeichnung)

as he had suffered multiple severe gunshot (shrapnel) wounds to his face and arms

The left side rank tab is overlaid by a single silver aluminum wire tresse

The photo is dated to April 1942

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Footnote: The Battalion was raised(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three