Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Issue Archive presumably because no picture of

presumably because no picture of Hauser in uniform with the award exists as he received it so close to the end of the war

centre with a raised tri-colour cockade in aluminum bullion wire

he was posted to the Rescue Tug H

before he re-entered hospital at Portland for a third time on October 26th

and copies of his Officer's Application and Record Sheet

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Issue Archive presumably because no picture of(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of nickel alloy and iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed, silvered, nickel alloy frame, the obverse with three raised central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with the reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with the initial institution date of 1813, on loop for suspension from its period original