Based on this the document can be dated to late 1944
stating that he had eighteen months' previous service with the 4th Shropshire Light Infantry in South Africa
the twelve o’clock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring connecting to a period original shortened neck ribbon
at which Acting Bombardier Wood was present and in action
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Pair of 1939 Iron Cross Award Documents, with II Class Award, to Oberleutnant zur See Otto Keil Auction Based on this the document(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunden). A lot of items to Oberleutnant zur See Otto Keil, including: 1. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, 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