Description
28cm x 40cm (or 11 x 16 inches)
as a B-24 pilot assigned to the Eighth Air Force
serving as part of the 3rd Battleship Squadron of the Grand Fleet
to supplement the identification manuals then in use
advertising and whatever else the group could do to publicize the POW/MIA issue
German Republic. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Alternative 1957 Version Newly Listed 28cm x 40cm (or 11(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse, 1957 Version). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central oak branch consisting of three leaves, with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; measuring 44. 10 mm (w) x 43. 99 mm (h); weighing 16. 1