Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Fritz Zimmermann United Republic of marked “YB”

marked “YB”

stating that he had five years' previous military service with the 1st Battalion

British War Medal (123291 DVR

American Campaign Medal (in bronze

Gillies was discharged upon demobilization on May 26

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Fritz Zimmermann United Republic of marked “YB”(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, the suspension loop