Germany. An Iron Cross 1939, First Class Archive 000 German soldiers and civilians

000 German soldiers and civilians from East Prussia before the advance of the Red Army

all on a brown cloth base

A 1901 China Service Medal Bar to the 37th Infantry Regiment - Imperial Bar to Landwehr-Infanterie Reg

where they meet the sleeve seam

he suffered a "Fractured Nasal Bone" on April 13

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939, First Class Archive 000 German soldiers and civiliansA well preserved example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse); 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 slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; measuring 44. 15 mm (w) x 44. 18