Description
Erskine was discharged in consequence of "being wounded and rendered physically unfit for further service" on January 21
The next thing he recalled was that he woke up in a hospital in St
Frick witnessed the end of the war and the German Revolution of 1918–1919
15 mm rip on the backside
inscribed “1923”
Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By B.h. Mayer Buy Now Erskine was discharged in consequenceAn example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse) by B. H. Mayer; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, a barreled sheet metal hinge, and a round catch; maker marked 26 for B. H Mayer of