Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 8mm (w) x 12

8mm (w) x 12

reverse is stamped Germany ("indicative of a period piece intended for post war export" page 554 of Angolia's publication)

Ontario in 1953

date stamped "1911"

He was later transferred to the 5th Mounted Rifle Battalion

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 8mm (w) x 12(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse Ausfhrung 1957). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed neusilber frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 42 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), an early 1957 version in extremely fine