Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China 556 officers and men of

556 officers and men of the regiment left South Africa on the SS City of Vienna

born 14 July 1904 in Rümmelsheim

A German Medal Bar of Three Awards - Mounted as worn German style

(1851-1917 issue)

and Victory Medal (1018148 PTE

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China 556 officers and men of(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for