Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude padded and bearing the GARRARD

padded and bearing the GARRARD & Co

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey oval oak leaf wreath

with an operation area off the west coast of France

Stitched onto the upper left arm is an insignia in the form of a NKVD emblem

He immigrated to Western Canada

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude padded and bearing the GARRARD(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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