Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By Steinhauer And Lück Archive Medal in silvered steel (magnetic)

Medal in silvered steel (magnetic)

specifically some of him and other wounded men recovering in a military hospital

the reverse inscribed “Für Verdienstvolle Mitarbeit bei den Olympischen Spielen 1936” (German - For meritous service at the Olympic games) with a stem of oak leaves directly beneath

the E 6 was sunk when she struck a mine

Footnote: Abdulaziz (February 18

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By Steinhauer And Lück Archive Medal in silvered steel (magnetic)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a full banjo style vertical pinback and barrel hinge with a flat wire catch in Type A style, marked 4 on pinback for maker