Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Auction France on September 14

France on September 14

Footnote: Ralph Welcome Baker was born on April 28

Military personnel stationed in Germany

almost one year to the day of his first wounding at Passchendaele

and Unidentified Badge (in brass

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Auction France on September 14(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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 78 mm (w) x 42. 72 mm (h), weighing