Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of a further shrapnel injury in

a further shrapnel injury in December 1942 which resulted in further hospitalization until March 1943

The document also contains an ID issued for the British occupation zone

ALSO OF NOTE

Hipkiss signed his first Attestation Paper as a Private (53686) with the 18th Infantry Battalion "Western Ontario Regiment"

the main function of Ferry Command was the ferrying of new aircraft from factory to operational unit

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of a further shrapnel injury in(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