Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive He is buried in Gezaincourt

He is buried in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension

John the Baptist

along with an "8" and " '42" (the re-issue date of 1942)

the obverse with a circular medallion with the cypher of King Ludwig III

(Brustkreuz des Johanniter-Ordens Balley Brandenburg)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive He is buried in Gezaincourt(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 with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring 44. 32 mm (w) x