Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Rudolf Souval Auction Lake Superior Regiment (white embroidered

Lake Superior Regiment (white embroidered lettering and border on blue felt

minted by Veljekset Sundqvist Oy of Helsinki

in silver (marked “900” for silver content on the reverse

Bertram went through several units until the end of the war

" After three weeks at King's Canadian Red Cross Special Hospital

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Rudolf Souval Auction Lake Superior Regiment (white embroidered(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 but with the