Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer certificate_of_authenticity It would prove to be

It would prove to be one of a series of hospitalizations that he would endure during the war

he was officially diagnosed with enterocolitis (or coloenteritis: an inflammation of the digestive tract

the reverse presents handwriting in black ink and pencil

when his wife gave birth to Margit Elizabeth Mary Temke

He served as a Stretcher Bearer in “C” Company

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer certificate_of_authenticity It would prove to be(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic metal core inside of 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