Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude in magnetic steel

in magnetic steel

an Armed Forces Thank You Letter from the White House named to "CHARLES W

marked "SLOVENSKY CERVENY KRIZ / PO PATROCNEJ VZORNEJ SLUZBE" (Slovak Red Cross / After Five Years' Exemplary Service) and numbered "4581" on the reverse

measuring 45 mm (w) x 68 mm (l)

The decoration was awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces who had served in the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude in magnetic steel(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 raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B.