Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class GTRexclude wool-based Army EM/NCO's Breast Eagle

wool-based Army EM/NCO's Breast Eagle

He completed Grade VII at the age of 15 but left school to join the work world

" (Toronto) under the crowned bust of George V in Coronation robes

on a greyish-blue wool backer

His condition began to worsen

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class GTRexclude wool-based Army EM/NCO's Breast Eagle(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a full banjo style vertical pinback and barrel hinge meeting a round wire catch, measuring 44. 14 mm (w) x 44. 10 mm (h)