Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Fritz Zimmermann, Dietrich Maerz Collection Buy Now He served in the European

He served in the European theatre with the Canadian Pioneer Battalion

15 mm x 15 mm

in Gold and enamels (pin marked with 18Kt

that he was married to Annie Woolls of Nelson and that his trade was that of Locomotive Engineer

Schleswig H (2))

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Fritz Zimmermann, Dietrich Maerz Collection Buy Now He served in the European(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, with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 6 for maker Fritz