Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with LDO Case, by Hermann Aurich Archive 1953 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital

1953 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham

with a female Liberty holding a sword at the far right

printed in blue and black ink

Gunner Mark Methuen received the Distinguished Service Cross for Miscellaneous Services

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with LDO Case, by Hermann Aurich Archive 1953 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). 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, the