Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Auction Archive A Commemorative Entry into Sudetenland

A Commemorative Entry into Sudetenland medal

He was laid to rest at Zuydcoote Military Cemetery

A 1936 Georgswalde Niederland Gebietstreffen badge

and was decorated with the EK1 in January 1944

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Auction Archive A Commemorative Entry into Sudetenland(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, the suspension loop