Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939, I Class Auction 22nd and 24th

22nd and 24th

top lid of the case missing two sections

hand engraved ""778/50"" and engraved in running script ""Gail A

the Royal Canadian Navy provided a brass plaque to be laid on the wreck to commemorate the loss

Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939, I Class Auction 22nd and 24th(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse); 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 banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; in worn condition, showing sings of wear and age, in good condition.