Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Issue Archive before he re-entered hospital at

before he re-entered hospital at Portland for a third time on October 26th

in bronze and fire gilded

An American made collar

presumably because no picture of Hauser in uniform with the award exists as he received it so close to the end of the war

with a case of Influenza

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Issue Archive before he re-entered hospital at(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of nickel alloy and iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed, silvered, nickel alloy frame, the obverse with three raised central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with the reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with the initial institution date of 1813, on loop for suspension from its period original