Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity Spotsylvania and Petersburg

Spotsylvania and Petersburg

in its fitted case of issue

the son of a Lieutenant in the 97th Regiment and a brother of Lieutenant-Colonel R

South African Service Corps - Bronze gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity Spotsylvania and Petersburg(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issues). 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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 34 mm (w) x 44. 18 mm (h), weighing 20.