Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Schauerte & Höhfeld GTRexclude A note on the lead

A note on the lead page states: "To the memory of those of the 4th Brigade (Canadian Field Artillery) who made the supreme sacrifice

red and black threads on top of brown-green cloth

The howitzer created passageways that allowed infantrymen to advance from building to building without having to enter the city's streets

above a raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Schauerte & Höhfeld GTRexclude A note on the lead(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron 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 central threaded lug retaining a matching backplate, with a stabilizing pin emanating from the twelve oclock arm, maker