Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold A Birks Bar Memorial Group

A Birks Bar Memorial Group to Pilot C

208 mm x 296 mm)

reprint of an Australian Army pamphlet

the obverse with a round central red enamelled medallion depicting the royal cipher of Danilo I in silver gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold A Birks Bar Memorial Group(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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 17 mm (w) x 44. 12 mm (h),