Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class Hold with a single bronze rank

with a single bronze rank pip and stylized bronze “RFV” insignia

with a raised area in the centre that has triple slots that house the breast star

Following the outbreak of war

(HJ Ehrenzeichen in Gold)

with Kirkbride being discharged on November 2nd

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class Hold with a single bronze rank(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring