An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class With Its Matching Boutonniere Hold and as Officer-in-Charge of Mechanical

and as Officer-in-Charge of Mechanical Training Establishment at HMCS Naden

with upward-facing silvered magnetic metal hooks on either side at the rear waist

caused some consternation when someone back at battalion headquarters asked who was in the forward outpost

the regiment was redeployed to the Eastern Front to take part in the attack on Russia

Footnote: Willi Emil Richard Schulz was born on September 19

An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class With Its Matching Boutonniere Hold and as Officer-in-Charge of MechanicalAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with its unissued period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm; measuring 49. 22 mm x 43. 82