Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude the Corps of Royal Canadian

the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers

functional pinback (marked “L/11” for Wilhelm Deumer

Footnote: The Order of Independence (or Independence Order) shall be conferred or posthumously conferred on individuals who have recorded exceptionally outstanding achievements in one of the political

" Clarke was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross in Spring of 1917

A metal plaque engraved UNSEREM KOMMANDEUR SS OBERGRUPPENFÜHRER SEPP DIETRICH (OUR COMMANDER SS OBERGRUPPENFÜHRER SEPP DIETRICH)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude the Corps of Royal Canadian(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