Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of 3rd Canadian Battalion was awarded

3rd Canadian Battalion was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal

and two Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (khaki embroidered wool lettering

a diamond-shaped yellowish-beige patch stitched in place in the dome

The Waffen-SS

the reverse of the exterior maker marked “MAX V

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of 3rd Canadian Battalion was awarded(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacturer by