Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier GTRexclude now known as the Democratic

now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between 1973-1975

inscribed “Gott Mit Uns" (“God with Us”) in gilt lettering

" to the right

O'Donnell crashed shortly after his 10:15 PM takeoff on May 25

2nd Class - Type II

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier GTRexclude now known as the Democratic(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with an LDO code of L59 for Alois