Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Archive The remaining Vichy French forces

The remaining Vichy French forces had managed to slip out of the Australian encirclement and had withdrawn from Damour

the crown measuring 31

maker markings “ Kukemal

badge retains most of the gilding

Hero tried to tow her to Haifa

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Archive The remaining Vichy French forces(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron core and silvered brass, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silvered 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 43. 8 mm (w) x 44. 0 mm (h), the catch