Germany, Third Reich. A First Class Iron Cross 1939 Hold Footnote: The medal was created

Footnote: The medal was created on February 14

The Army examiner thought it to be too excessive

dated on reverse

Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Panzer EM/NCO’s breast eagle

Eventually he became a Scharführer in Bann 180 (Hohenasperg) of District 20

Germany, Third Reich. A First Class Iron Cross 1939 Hold Footnote: The medal was created(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Instituted on September 1, 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a vertical banjo style pinback, a wire catch, and a barrel hinge, marked L 12 on the reverse for C. E. Junker, Berlin, and