Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter Province of China certified by the handwritten signature

certified by the handwritten signature of then-Generalleutnant Hermann Otto von Runckel

Hugo Eckener (August 10

He had been a Sewing Machine Operator for Varsity Brand Clothes of Toronto before enlisting

Brooks had a $50 Victory Bond registered with the Bank of Montreal in Toronto and was insured with London Life in the amount of $103

all constructed of bronze with multi-coloured enamels and with silver and gilded finishing where applicable

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter Province of China certified by the handwritten signature(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 19 for Ferdinand Hoffsttter, Bonn, measuring