Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Franz Petzl Archive Vesper died on March 11

Vesper died on March 11

necessitating his transfer to the Canadian Military Hospital at Hastings on July 9

the reverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath

A rare and well-preserved Bahnschutz Official’s dagger

and Sweden: Order of the Polar Star

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Franz Petzl Archive Vesper died on March 11(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 of 1813, the suspension loop maker