Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Archive A Highland Light Infantry D-Day

A Highland Light Infantry D-Day Participant Memorial Cross 1944 -  Group of Six to Private John Charles Downing

was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College

suffering from a case of "Shell Shock" and was admitted to the Casualty Clearing Station the same day

issued in 1950's

He was promoted to Second Lieutenant with the 127th United States Infantry on September 9

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Archive A Highland Light Infantry D-Day(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback with a double makers mark of 20 and L