Instituted 1965 as an independent order
Case for War Merit Cross 1st Class - marked inside of the lid “Kerbach & Oesterhelt Dresden A1”
including President of the Perth Shoe Company Limited
Four German Medals - In very fine or better condition
he married Caroline Carney (nee Schlegel) on April 2
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive Instituted 1965 as an independent(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver 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 barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, measuring 43. 91 mm (w) x 43. 85 mm (h), weighing 20. 5 grams, accompanied by its period original LDO