An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class GTRexclude Schwarz was granted a high

Schwarz was granted a high military award

December 5th and 6th

commanding the 40th Panzer Corps of the 1st Panzer Army

Footnote: The Victorian Mounted Rifles (VMR) was a regiment composed of Australian forces that served in the Second Boer War

Between 1928 and 1932 Beister was also a member of the SA

An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class GTRexclude Schwarz was granted a highAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension; 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 44. 43 mm x 44.