Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive containing 100 pages printed in

containing 100 pages printed in black ink

central disk in bronze and voided

(Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel" Ärmelband)

He is documented in his medical records as having been "seriously gassed at Ypres but carried on for thirty days

(Orden De La Republica Espanola) Instituted 21 July 1932

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive containing 100 pages printed in(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 raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B.