Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude with addressed cardboard sleeve

with addressed cardboard sleeve

Photograph of Fred and Jack Towers

Bombardier Gunner Valentine William "Bill" Henry Hansen

maker marked ""THE BAILEY

The new regiment’s purpose was to serve as a specialized armoured unit equipped with modified tanks used to safely carry infantry to their objectives

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude with addressed cardboard sleeve(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code