Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, By Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive with the wearer’s initials written

with the wearer’s initials written on the back of the belt

obverse centrepiece illustrating the right-facing bust of Henry IV

tear evident in the laminate at the lower left corner)

list of books read in captivity

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, By Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive with the wearer’s initials written(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. 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 central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate and with a stabilizing pin emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the