Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Carl Wild Newly Listed S57 rescued 5 men of

S57 rescued 5 men of the HAPAG-Steamship MENES

with an apple-green backer indicating “Schutzpolzei” branch

their chief objective

including depictions of Knight’s Cross recipients

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Carl Wild Newly Listed S57 rescued 5 men of(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 raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 107 for