with references to Panzer ace Michael Wittmann
Department of National Defence Estates Branch Document (dated May 31
Each enemy aircraft that was destroyed had to be confirmed or these would not be credited to the account of the Pilot and Observer
each designed with a decorative pleat and silvered magnetic metal buttons
the obverse bears a raised crossed paty with a central Saxon coat of arms
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Klein & Quenzer Buy Now with references to Panzer ace(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65