Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of without date on the reverse

without date on the reverse

Nothing else is known of his war service but in the continuous fighting against the Soviets

The ship operated between Bremen and Buenos Aires on the line's South American service and was equipped with wireless and "submarine sounding apparatus"with accommodations for 116 first class

all superimposed on black velvet

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of without date on the reverse(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 13 mm (w) x 44. 12 mm (h), weighing 15.