Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer, Maerz Published Example Hold the inside exhibiting a brownish

the inside exhibiting a brownish vertical mark at the left rear and light overall soiling

All insignia are machine stitched to the cap and appear to be original to this cap

French Victory Medal (in bronze

A year after his retirement from the RCAF

The first Wehrmacht photos are wedding pictures of an NCO

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer, Maerz Published Example Hold the inside exhibiting a brownish(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 screw and backplate, marked with code L 18 for maker B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 44. 28 mm (w) x 44. 29 mm (h),