Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Version Hold Merit Medal - in silver

Merit Medal -  in silver

DRESDEN” with a manufacture date of “1937”

and Duke Bernhard Erich Freund of Saxony-Meiningen

who was killed in action on Vimy Ridge on 8 April 1917 - Canadian Memorial Cross

with two parachutes and clouds in the background

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Version Hold Merit Medal - in silver(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and neusilber, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed and silvered frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of