Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case United Republic of measuring 62 mm (h) x

measuring 62 mm (h) x 60 mm (w)

measuring 150 mm (w) x 230 mm (h))

After five years' service

reverse engraved "RCAF" over "ME" (Middle East) on the top tip of the leaf and "1944-45" at its base

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case United Republic of measuring 62 mm (h) x(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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 17 mm (w) x 44. 12 mm (h),