Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive the obverse consisting of a

the obverse consisting of a swordfish lying on top of a length of richly-textured rope

at the age of 49 and is buried in Oxford Memorial Park Cemetery

on loop for suspension from its period original Ladies ribbon

Navy and Home Guard)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive the obverse consisting of a(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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, unmarked, measuring 43. 97 mm (w) x 43. 96 mm (h), weighing