Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Republic of He and Lieutenant Colonel MacDonnell

He and Lieutenant Colonel MacDonnell were made Companions of the Bath after the war for their parts in the battle

with two 5 mm wide strips of fine aluminum bullion wire interlaced with white threading sewn horizontally near the top and bottom edges

LAVREAM SEMISECVLAREM CELEBRAT ORDO MEDICORVM VINDOBONENSIVM MCCCCXXXIV (1834)

he had been previously awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

the reverse dated “7

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Republic of He and Lieutenant Colonel MacDonnell(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 date of 1813, the suspension loop