An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By B. H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt Of Pforzheim Archive PEEKHAUS BERLIN" and maker marked

PEEKHAUS BERLIN" and maker marked F L L (for Friedrich Linden

as cited in the London Gazette 31132 on January 18

He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal posthumously for his war service

marked 935

2nd Regiment Botha was part of the 1st South African Division in October of 1942

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By B. H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt Of Pforzheim Archive PEEKHAUS BERLIN" and maker markedA fine textbook example of an Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a vertical slender banjo style pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a slightly rounded catch; maker marked 26 for B. H.