Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Archive Lüdenscheid (marked “3” on reverse)

Lüdenscheid (marked “3” on reverse)

(Attributed to Major G

the lid lined in an off-white silk with a recessed medal bed

Cox was taken on as Administration Staff at Shoreham on November 18

inscribed "John D

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Archive Lüdenscheid (marked “3” on reverse)(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 06 mm (w) x 47. 30 mm (h),