Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier GTRexclude maker marked but not legible

maker marked but not legible

performed reconnaissance

died March 10

It was mostly tasked with population control and supply lines protection behind the front-line

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier GTRexclude maker marked but not legible(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). 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 screw plate, marked L59 underneath for Alois Rettenmaier, measuring 44. 05 mm (w) x 44. 14 mm (h), weighing 17. 5 grams, accompanied by its period original case constructed of