Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939, I Class Auction hand engraved ""778/50"" and engraved

hand engraved ""778/50"" and engraved in running script ""Gail A

the Royal Canadian Navy provided a brass plaque to be laid on the wreck to commemorate the loss

Footnote: The Commissions of the Danube River was authorized by the Treaty of Paris (1856) after the close of the Crimean War

top lid of the case missing two sections

Vernon at the Naval Base in Portsmouth

Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939, I Class Auction hand engraved ""778/50"" and engraved(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse); 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 banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; in worn condition, showing sings of wear and age, in good condition.