Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier certificate_of_authenticity 1917 in Ohio

1917 in Ohio

GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2 LINDENGASSE 9

Private Weller was serving with the 18th Infantry Battalion in France

23 mm x 52

marked on the bottom "1944 (date) / 105 MM M14 TYPE 1 / LOT NO

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier certificate_of_authenticity 1917 in Ohio(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with an LDO code of L59 for Alois