Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Non-Combatant Iron Cross, Ii Class With Case, By Carl Dillenius Newly Listed Shock Troops

Shock Troops

with blackened wreath and enameled swastika

First Lieutenant Baker embarked New York aboard the S

marked with a gilt "40" inside a wreath on the lid

It was here that he qualified under CAR Specs Leading Infantry Man

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Non-Combatant Iron Cross, Ii Class With Case, By Carl Dillenius Newly Listed Shock Troops(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse). A silver cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W under an Imperial crown, and institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse centre with a branch of three oak leaves below the crowned initials FW, with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm, marked CD800 on loop for