Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Auction and two companies of the

and two companies of the 1st "Halifax" Brigade of Garrison Artillery

and for women also domestic management

ROTHDEUTSCH" on the reverse

He won it for serving as a Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) and Pak gunner in the 14th Company (Panzerjäger) of the Infantry Regiment 25 during the Battle of France on May 27

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Auction and two companies of the(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 87 mm (w) x 43. 72 mm (h),