Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude " Clarke was posthumously awarded

" Clarke was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross in Spring of 1917

Footnote: The Order of Independence (or Independence Order) shall be conferred or posthumously conferred on individuals who have recorded exceptionally outstanding achievements in one of the political

functional pinback (marked “L/11” for Wilhelm Deumer

with green enameled laurels in each quadrant

with a raised silver Wendish crown

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude " Clarke was posthumously awarded(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, measuring