Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive while three additional loops set

while three additional loops set above the upper right pocket retain a period original insignia

He served as part of the Condor Legion which supported the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War

at the age of 11 and later saw service with the Rifle Brigade in South Africa during the Boer War (1901-1902)

The top right breast of the tunic bears a forest green wool patch upon which rests an NSDAP Parteiadler (Party Eagle) constructed of machine-embroidered silver aluminum bullion wire

and cut off both the Army of the James and the Army of the Potomac (the former being the left bank

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive while three additional loops set(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for