Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Paul Meybauer Buy Now brass support plate with vertical

brass support plate with vertical pinback

The flap fastened closed with a grey bakelite button

Footnote: This medal is awarded to nationals and foreigners for meritorious acts and services provided at sea

The handle grip is composed of a single piece of ribbed black celluloid surrounding a wooden core

Woolley was transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Paul Meybauer Buy Now brass support plate with vertical(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, with a stabilizer emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the