passant guardanton (striding and facing front on) on a red field (the lions shorter than the stretched versions that were instituted in 1907 with the flag's revisions)
5 mm (w) x 56 mm (h) inclusive of its pagoda suspension
It is dated to Berlin on September 22
He is listed on page 122 of the "Canada General Service Medal Roll
Bruns was promoted to Major
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now passant guardanton (striding and facing(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, the suspension loop