Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold worn on a replacement suspension

worn on a replacement suspension ring

Ensign Earle is confirmed on the CGS roll for the medal and 1866 clasp

) by means of wires

Bartels led a successful campaign to prevent the unveiling of a statue of Heinrich Heine in 1906

1934 - Silvered tin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold worn on a replacement suspension(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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 06 mm (w) x 47. 30 mm (h),