Germany, Wehrmacht. An Early 1939 Iron Cross, I Class certificate_of_authenticity measuring approx

measuring approx

a church at Zeebrugge that took a direct hit

Footnote: Maxwell Theodore Tredrea was born on June 13

As Rear Admiral for 23 January 1941 with Franklin D

In a letter from F

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Early 1939 Iron Cross, I Class certificate_of_authenticity measuring approx(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). An early cross with many features similar to those first war issue crosses, of multi piece construction with a blackened non magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a round