Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity It is marked with a

It is marked with a crown over a "7" on the ricasso on one side and maker marked with a knight's helmet on the other side

the reverse exhibits a heraldic British symbols along with the inscription THE DEFENSE MEDAL 1939-1945

the Order had four Classes: Great Star

The collection features a group of books and documents

(a village just to the east of the road from Arras to Lens) and is commemorated on page 464 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity It is marked with a(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 16 for