Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive five of which are taken

five of which are taken aboard a Merchant Aircraft Carrier

It measures 141 mm x 199 mm

Accoriding to Archives Canada he go on to win a MID as a Lieutenant

maker marked "GODET" and marked "800" (silver) on the ring

with enamel damage to obverse centre

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive five of which are taken(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code 100 for Wchtler & Lange,