Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross I Class, Type Ii, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold and Medal for Military Valour

and Medal for Military Valour

The Battalion was raised in the Nipissing and Sudbury areas of Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Haileybury under the authority of G

the point of which is placed into a crown below

with slight chipping of enamels evident

surrounded by a blue enameled ring with gilt inscription of “ALBERTUS ANIMOSUS” (“ALBERT THE MERCIFUL”) and arabesques

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross I Class, Type Ii, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold and Medal for Military Valour(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914, 2. Form). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating