Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed In 1906 he was chosen

In 1906 he was chosen to drive the very first armoured car

where he was appointed Lance Corporal on October 17th

both unmarked and measuring 38 mm (w) x 104 mm (l)

and a few weeks later he was invalided home suffering from shell-shock

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed In 1906 he was chosen(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 93 mm (w) x 43. 74 mm (h), weighing 19. 6 grams,