Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of a RAD Abteilung 4/186 Sleeve

a RAD Abteilung 4/186 Sleeve Badge (red and white embroidery on black cotton

the text written by Captain Ján Doránsky

Hipkiss signed his first Attestation Paper as a Private (53686) with the 18th Infantry Battalion "Western Ontario Regiment"

obverse centre with silver beaded surround

The document also contains an ID issued for the British occupation zone

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of a RAD Abteilung 4/186 Sleeve(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