Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction The remaining seven men were

The remaining seven men were pinned beneath the overturned carrier below the surface of the water

matching numbers with scabbard and with minimal contact

leadership and resource shown in towing a damaged and deserted cased-petrol ship clear of the fires which had broken out after a heavy enemy air raid on the Port of Bari on the night of 2nd/3rd December 1943

Constructed of oval shaped gilded tombac

large medal is very rare

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction The remaining seven men were(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 44. 49 mm (w) x 44. 40 mm (h), weighing 17. 3 grams, in better than