Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class certificate_of_authenticity and Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd

and Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver with black enamels

one small stain along the bottom edge

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia with mobilization headquarters at Halifax

both ribbons with metal tassels

the obverse bearing a raised depiction of two gladiators (symbolizing Germany and Italy) grappling with a crocodile (symbolizing Great Britain)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class certificate_of_authenticity and Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd(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