Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed with minimal loss of gilt

with minimal loss of gilt on swords

408131 Private Percy King served with the 42nd Infantry Battalion in France

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

1st Type (1938-1948)

number 1053962 and paid a War Service Gratuity in the amount of $381

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed with minimal loss of gilt(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,