Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction measuring 313 mm (w) x

measuring 313 mm (w) x 106 mm (h))

Jubilee Medal for 70 Years of the Armed Forces 1918-1988

Captain Halkett and First-Lieutenant Richardson are reported as having sat back-to-back on the quarterdeck with loaded carbines and pistols

a Lieutenant on April 6

on plain blue ribbon (without embroidered eagle)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction measuring 313 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 banjo style pinback meeting a round write catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of a brass