Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Deschler & Sohn, Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction Mary Balfour of Toronto

Mary Balfour of Toronto

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 80th Battalion on November 11

the first of 88 missions scheduled

with replacement of the backplate and evidence of catch repair or replacement

The grip is constructed of light yellow celluloid

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Deschler & Sohn, Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction Mary Balfour of Toronto(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1