Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive that he was "mechanically inclined

that he was "mechanically inclined & willing to learn" and that he was "eager" to follow his father's example and serve his country

the announcement appearing in the Second Supplement to the London Gazette 31827 of Tuesday

" on the reverse is known to have stood for the International Convention on Aerial Navigation (AKA the International Commission for Air Navigation)

with a vertical retaining pin soldered to the reverse

a postwar enlarged studio portrait depicting a wounded Waffen-SS Sturmmann wearing an overseas cap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive that he was "mechanically inclined(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