Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive The sword is also accompanied

The sword is also accompanied by its period original scabbard

measuring 112 mm (w) x 148 mm (h)

and saluting

a memorial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto was unveiled to mark William Barker as the “most decorated war hero in the history of Canada

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive The sword is also accompanied(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