Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity for which he received the

for which he received the Wound Badge Silver Grade in March 1941

He was employed as a part time Medical Officer from March 16

1943 and carries a facsimile of the Leader of U-boats West

with the leather worn in some corners on the base and lid thereby exposing the underlying wooden frame

4 and 8 o’clock

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity for which he received the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H.