Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross Repetition Clasp, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity 1942 and signed in blue

1942 and signed in blue ink by the Chief of the 1st Air Fleet and Commander-in-chief East

the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) tag with an illegible maker’s code and serial number of “049699”

absorbing the blast with his body and saving his comrades from death or serious injury

the sons of James Robert Whigham and Maude Ethel (nee Aram) Teasdale

He was with the 8th Brigade

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross Repetition Clasp, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity 1942 and signed in blue(Wiederholungsspange). Constructed of silvered and blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of a central 1939 Iron Cross in 1957 variation, set within a raised date of 1939, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 30 mm (w) x 13 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.