Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By Klein & Quenzer Archive The Battalion was raised under

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He married after his discharge

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that he served in the South African War for eighteen months and that his occupation was that of Master Mariner

illustrating both the obverse and the reverse of the medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By Klein & Quenzer Archive The Battalion was raised under(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a full banjo style vertical pinback and barrel hinge with a round wire catch in Type A style, marked 65 on pinback for