Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed where he was appointed Lance

where he was appointed Lance Corporal on October 17th

1st Type (1938-1948)

408131 Private Percy King served with the 42nd Infantry Battalion in France

1994 at Sharon United Church in Stellarton

He was also Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (Armed Forces Report) on  November 29

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed where he was appointed Lance(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 93 mm (w) x 43. 74 mm (h), weighing 19. 6 grams,