Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuz Halsband

(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuz Halsband mit Ring)

To be eligible for this award

the reverse of the cross lightly textured and inscribed “Für Verdienste um das Deutsche Rote Kreuz/For Service in the German Red Cross”

Campbell of Wilcox Avenue

a founder's ancestor in maternal line (House of Este) & protector of Modena

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuz Halsband(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,