Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Document for Fortification Flak Service, by Rudolf Souval Newly Listed with enamel loss to reverse

with enamel loss to reverse 12 o'clock arm

it was determined that his death was related to his war service

In 1960 he was released due to declining health

(Souveräner Malteseorden Verdienstmedaille)

Footnote: 0421685 Major Joseph G

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Document for Fortification Flak Service, by Rudolf Souval Newly Listed with enamel loss to reverse(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 reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked but