he had received the Iron Cross 1st Class
The Iron Cross 1939 First Class certificate is named to Obergefreiter (Corporal) Hitzl of the 1st Company of Anti Tank Battalion 152
blackening wear evident on the reverse of the handle
the inscription “IN TREUE FEST
Gehlken is referred by a military doctor to an eye doctor to check his eye-sight
Braunschweig, Dukedom. A War Merit Cross Ii Class Buy Now he had received the Iron(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse). Constructed of blackened bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central monogram of Ernst August flanked by oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with an inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (FOR MERIT IN WAR), unmarked, measuring 30. 37 mm (w) x 33. 57 mm (h), weighing 11. 6