Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic where the Battalion joined the

where the Battalion joined the 124th Brigade

Strachan was then taken on strength by the 13th Reserve Battalion on posting from the New Brunswick Regimental Depot the next day

from Hanover

the swastika formerly joining the wreath has been ground out

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic where the Battalion joined the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of