Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By Steinhauer And Lück certificate_of_authenticity being promoted to Lieutenant in

being promoted to Lieutenant in early 1903 and to Senior Lieutenant in 1911

He was struck off strength on transfer to the General Depot at Shorncliffe

" Thirty-six years after he left the Army

Footnote: James William McLaughlin was born on April 25

81 mm in diameter 27

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By Steinhauer And Lück certificate_of_authenticity being promoted to Lieutenant in(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 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 plain with a full banjo style vertical pinback and barrel hinge with a flat wire catch in Type A style, marked 4 on pinback for maker