Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Iclass, 1957 Issue Archive Awards - Queen Marie Cross

Awards - Queen Marie Cross 2nd Class

The battle was a strategic check to immediate British ambitions in India and a shock to British military prestige

wear evident on the edges exposing the underlying metal framework and cardboard supports

the portcullis is crowned

Saskatchewan when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (1013185)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Iclass, 1957 Issue Archive Awards - Queen Marie Cross(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 07 mm (w) x 43. 81 mm, weighing 16. 0