Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of Volunteer Long Service and Good

Volunteer Long Service and Good Conduct Medal - Victoria Regina (1185

A 1914-18 Bavarian Merit Medal of St

plus a file photograph of Bessettein uniform

The crossguard is that of the nickel plated aluminum kind

with one of the units participating being the Stormont

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of Volunteer Long Service and Good(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 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 round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 94 mm (w) x 43. 98 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 grams,