Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Klein & Quenzer Hold with a badge fastened to

with a badge fastened to the bottom inscribed “30 Jahre Kameradschaft München” in white lettering

only 550 of the 900 plus who sailed from Taiwan were still alive

95 ships (including three battleships and a heavy cruiser)

marked "ARTHUS BERTRAND"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Klein & Quenzer Hold with a badge fastened to(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, the pinback marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65