Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude 3) The War Merit Cross

3) The War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2

where he achieved the rank Acting Corporal

obverse illustrating two pugilists in a boxing ring on an undulating surface

Footnote: Private William Herbert Lingwood is shown on the roll of the 35 man Fergus Rifle Company (AKA Fergus Infantry Company)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude 3) The War Merit Cross(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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop maker