Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Buy Now Footnote: The Batttalion was raised

Footnote: The Batttalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto

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

Schmidt was killed in action at the First Battle of El Alamein and died on 21 July 1942

A third reich period Fest der Deutschen Schulen badge

he returned to duty with the Bank on November 24

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Buy Now Footnote: The Batttalion was raised(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened 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 plain with a crimped metal hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but displays the characteristics of a B. H. Mayer, measuring 44. 43 mm (w) x 44. 49