Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude maker marked La Royale Rio

maker marked La Royale Rio Brasil on reverse

Knight's Cross 1

then leaving for service in the Dardanelles on August 1

medal has separated from its ring

w/Oak Leaves - for Gallantry in action

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude maker marked La Royale Rio(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 13 mm (w) x 44. 12 mm (h), weighing 15.