Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By Klein & Quenzer A.g. GTRexclude a white enameled cross with

a white enameled cross with blue and red enameled centre

On April 15

and in the following year to South Africa to supersede Lord Chelmsford in command of the forces in the Zulu War

Footnote: William Albert Atkinson Forbes signed his Attestation Paper as a Trooper with the 19th Alberta Dragoons

The interior measures 96 mm x 82 mm

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By Klein & Quenzer A.g. GTRexclude a white enameled cross withAn Iron Cross 1939 Second Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse); a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension marked 65 for Klein & Quenzer A. G., Idar Oberstein; with a correct replacement ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813