An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Archive when he suffered a gun

when he suffered a gun shot wound to his right knee and thigh

Footnote: Cecil Mellish was born in 1892 in Cape Town

The doctor's final entry stated the inevitable: "2:50 hours - died

3 mm x 67 mm inclusive of its crown suspension

Footnote: Born January 21st

An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Archive when he suffered a gunA Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece constructed with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with its period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm; measuring 43. 73