Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case GTRexclude Sussex and at Mannheim College

Sussex and at Mannheim College in Germany

II Class Silver Grade Medal (in silvered bronze

exhibiting the usual in and out runner marks and has been thoroughly polished

3 Clasps - TEL-EL-KEBIR

the reverse presents the inscription FÜR KRIEGS-HILFSDIENST (FOR WAR AID MERIT) above an oak wreath

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case GTRexclude Sussex and at Mannheim College(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 barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the core demonstrating