Germany. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Friedrich Orth Of Wien Archive A First War Victory Medal

A First War Victory Medal to 2nd Lieut

An Italian Fascist Shield - In die pressed silvered tombac

with its medal ribbon bar style ribbon sewn to the loop

108 mm x 225 mm x 22

The second group meanwhile had been joined by sixty American paratroopers and together both groups attacked the now stranded convoy

Germany. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Friedrich Orth Of Wien Archive A First War Victory MedalA textbook example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse) by Friedrich Orth of Vienna; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed 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 slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a slightly rounded catch; maker