Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Gebrüder Godet Buy Now his pay had gone to

his pay had gone to his sister

the top edge of which is trimmed in white piping

For all but a few seconds this young Non-Commissioned Officer had been moving alone in full view of the enemy and under continuous aimed fire of their automatic weapons

There was some question in his eligibility for the medal

a post he would hold until at least the spring of 1938

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Gebrüder Godet Buy Now his pay had gone to(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). 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 central threaded channel retaining retaining an original backplate, the twelve oclock arm topped by a stabilizer,