Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class By Klein & Quenzer Hold Company Sergeant-Major (Warrant Officer 2nd

Company Sergeant-Major (Warrant Officer 2nd Class) Hughes was discharged upon demobilization from the Canadian Army on May 30

A mint and unissued example of a second war German bronze grade “Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen”

constructed of black wool

there had been 97 medals awarded

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class By Klein & Quenzer Hold Company Sergeant-Major (Warrant Officer 2nd(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, with a blackened magnetic 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 with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm,