Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity not general service) and C

not general service) and C (home service (Canada only)) and was certified by medical authorities that he did not require treatment

(SS-Dienstauszeichnung

most of the bronze finish has been lost and the catch is missing

in the year 1940

encirlced by “FUER TREUES WIRKEN BEI DER 8 KRIEGSANLEIHE IM BEREICH DER HEERESGRUPPE EICHHORN MAERZ 1918” (FOR THE 8TH WAR BOND IN THE AREA OF THE HEERES GROUP EICHHORN MARCH 1918)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity not general service) and C(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 10 for Deschler