Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version GTRexclude measuring 41 mm (w) x

measuring 41 mm (w) x 53 mm (h)

denoting French manufacture for export (1838 - Present)

he had found his way to Fort Chambly

1916 and was taken on strength at the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre at Folkestone ten days later

along with a handpainted centrepiece illustrating the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version GTRexclude measuring 41 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; 1957 reissue). Constructed of a silvered bronze alloy with iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silvered frame, the obverse with three central raised oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,