Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class GTRexclude with the date “1942”

with the date “1942”

affixed to a zink backplate with a field-grey wool patch

Footnote: The Tank Corps Sleeve Badge was to be worn on the left sleeve of the uniform by men serving in Tank Regiments

1 Overseas Workshop throughout the course of the war as well as Canadian Military headquarters

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class GTRexclude with the date “1942”(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with 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, unmarked, measuring 44. 16 mm