Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of The Battalion served with the

The Battalion served with the 11th Infantry Brigade

The pommel exhibits two distinct contact marks on the end

including elements of the 7th Infantry Division

1915 in his hometown of Welland

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of The Battalion served with the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Instituted on September 1, 1939 by A. H. (Issued 1939 1945). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a flat wire catch, unmarked, but depicting