Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case GTRexclude at the age of 79

at the age of 79 and is buried next to his wife

The highest award for bravery in the Netherlands: (Officer) Silver with white and green enamels

Naming is officially engraved in script

After attending the Hanover War School in 1936

An example of a gold grade “Verwundetenabzeichen”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case GTRexclude at the age of 79(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 38 mm (w) x 44. 48 mm (h),