Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China between the inner arms and

between the inner arms and extending from the central medallion are small gold blocks demonstrating three smooth rays and four lightly hatched rays

and Victory Medal (1018148 PTE

556 officers and men of the regiment left South Africa on the SS City of Vienna

when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

(1851-1917 issue)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China between the inner arms and(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for