Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic then transferred to the Casualty

then transferred to the Casualty Clearing Station with "venereal sores"

It measures approximately 235 mm (w) x 245 mm (l) x 170 mm (h)

the reverse of

crazing and fine chipping evident in the white enamels on the arm at 7 o'clock on the obverse

He was born in 1851 on Hatteras Island

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic then transferred to the Casualty(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 barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the core demonstrating