Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier Hold 5 mm (w) x 15

5 mm (w) x 15 mm (h) to 26

Footnote: This Order is conferred to national and foreign individuals

Bertram was promoted to 1st Lieutenant of the 3rd Infantry on May 1

measuring 46 mm (w) x 105 mm (l)

Egyptian assay and silver standard marked on the reverse cartouche and on the reverse of the silver gilt suspension

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier Hold 5 mm (w) x 15(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