Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude While still in France

While still in France

the obverse featuring a national eagle with swooped down wings

where he received additional treatment

with bow-tied ribbon

one with his right hand resting upon an anchor and holding a paddle in his left representing the navy under the angel's right hand

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude While still in France(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened 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 plain with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting an elongated flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 84 mm (w) x 43.