Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer visually-hidden Station 111 at Thurleigh

Station 111 at Thurleigh

with 32 pages of text in black and blue inks

including a Commemorative Medal of the Unity of Italy 1848-1918

He served with the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in the North West Frontier of the Indian theatre and for his service

the Battalion was ordered to billet at Croix Blanche

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer visually-hidden Station 111 at Thurleigh(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, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein &