Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive After ten days in hospital

After ten days in hospital

Private Clifford Robert Burrows (475496) was Killed in Action between June 2nd and 4th

resolute fighting spirit

having completed twenty-six years' service in the United States Navy

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive After ten days in hospital(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement 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 initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, unmarked,