Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed on loop for suspension from

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with magnetic metal frame and red wool reverse liner

Due to his ongoing medical condition

promoted to Captain on October 14

Type II with Rama VI (1911) and Type III with Rama VII (1927)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed on loop for suspension from(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 22 mm (w) x 44. 29 mm (h), weighing 15.