Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. Archive The ship was also known

The ship was also known as USS George Washington (ID-3018) and USAT George Washington in service of the United States Navy and United States Army

a gold Maltese cross with ball finals and lions between the arms of the cross

His father’s profession: ropemaker

was a farmer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. Archive The ship was also known(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, the suspension loop