Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class United Republic of splitting service between Ottawa and

splitting service between Ottawa and Washington

Thurmann commissioned the Type VIIC U-boat U-553 on 23 December 1940

unmarked but textbook “C

He arrived in France on 7 June 1916 and saw action throughout the fighting at Ypres (June 1916) where he won his first Military Medal on the Somme

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class United Republic of splitting service between Ottawa andAn Iron Cross 1939 Second Class 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 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;