Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity on January 24

on January 24

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 553 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

in his dedication address said

After his discharge

I recommend that Flying Officer Gauvreau's fine record and devotion to duty be rewarded by the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity on January 24(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm,