Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity he was invalided to England

he was invalided to England and transferred to the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre at Folkestone on May 29th

55mm (x85mm including crown suspension)

with the leather worn in some corners on the base and lid thereby exposing the underlying wooden frame

4 and 8 o’clock

for which he received the Wound Badge Silver Grade in March 1941

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity he was invalided to England(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H.