Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Unmarked United Republic of Footnote: Alexander Russell Gay was

Footnote: Alexander Russell Gay was born in 1896 in Michigan

Order of The crown

In early January of 1945 Hein was involved in the fighting in and around the Hungarian capital Budapest where he was severely wounded by a bullet penetrating his lower leg

marked on reverse "RZM SS OLC 36/43" (Overhoff & Cie Lüdenscheid)

entitling him to the Afghanistan Medal with Ali Musjid clasp

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Unmarked United Republic of Footnote: Alexander Russell Gay was(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 reverse six oclock