Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed It was named in honour

It was named in honour of Russian admiral Pavel Nakhimov

he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada

Badge - silver gilt eight point star of filed rays with a red enamel point cross and blue enamel centerpiece bearing gilt helmet insignia

measuring 17 mm (w) x 24

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed It was named in honour(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for