Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Friedrich Orth Hold spread-winged eagle sitting upon a

spread-winged eagle sitting upon a wreathed swastika insignia is finely-detailed and dark toned

He embarked from Liverpool aboard the S

On his neck he wears a Red Eagle Order with Swords decoration

" (Stokes & Son Melbourne) on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Friedrich Orth Hold spread-winged eagle sitting upon a(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and brass, consisting of a Cross Patte with a non magnetic blackened brass 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 15