bereaved people of German volunteer soldiers who died during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39)
each trimmed with golden yellow piping
In the 41 years that Gardiner was active in the Society
Socialist Federal Republic Awards: Order of Bravery (in bronze gilt
becoming the original Commanding Officer of the 1st Infantry Battalion and holding the position from September 22
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Eugen Gauss Archive bereaved people of German volunteer(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