signed by the Acting Secretary of War
naming his next-of-kin as Alice Andrews
an Iron Cross 2nd Class ribbon
(Sudetenland-Medaille mit Spange Prager Burg)
who has a longing for his family (he left behind five children) and would often like to make sure everything is alright just for a few hours
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier United Republic of signed by the Acting Secretary(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a screw plate, marked L59 underneath for Alois Rettenmaier, measuring 44. 05 mm (w) x 44. 14 mm (h), weighing 17. 5 grams, accompanied by its period original case constructed of