Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuz Halsband

(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuz Halsband mit Ring)

The cross placed within the wreath is identical to the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1870

with six "submariners" on board who were to join a British crew meant to fight in the campaign to stop the Nazis led by General Erwin Rommel in North Africa

a founder's ancestor in maternal line (House of Este) & protector of Modena

A DRK (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz/German Red Cross) Schwesternschaft membership badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuz Halsband(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 94 mm (w) x 43. 98 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 grams,