Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction measuring 313 mm (w) x

measuring 313 mm (w) x 106 mm (h))

Captain Halkett and First-Lieutenant Richardson are reported as having sat back-to-back on the quarterdeck with loaded carbines and pistols

Gablonz” on the reverse

He was later taken on strength at the Canadian Base Depot from No

This cross is issued around the same time as was Prussian 1813 Iron Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction measuring 313 mm (w) x(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 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 block hinge and tapering banjo style pinback meeting a round write catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of a brass