Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By Steinhauer And Lück United Republic of 29 mm (w) x 45

29 mm (w) x 45

2nd Class with Clasp for Two Years of Unbroken Service at the Front (bronze

that he was married to Mary Paquin (later of Toronto

lime-green wool backer

marked "CD800" (Carl Dillenius

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By Steinhauer And Lück United Republic of 29 mm (w) x 45(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 with a flat wire catch in Type A style, marked 4 on pinback for maker