Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Auction He won it for serving

He won it for serving as a Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) and Pak gunner in the 14th Company (Panzerjäger) of the Infantry Regiment 25 during the Battle of France on May 27

and two companies of the 1st "Halifax" Brigade of Garrison Artillery

hollow with two halves pinned by 6 finely placed pins

33 mm x 39 mm inclusive of its wreath suspension

the obverse with a rightward-facing profile of King Wilhelm I

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Auction He won it for serving(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 87 mm (w) x 43. 72 mm (h),