Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Award Document, to Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier Wilhelm Nortz certificate_of_authenticity and dated “1933” on reverse

and dated “1933” on reverse

893rd Anti Aircraft Artillery Aircraft Warning Battalion on July 23

primarily on the collar

At the end of the war he was an NCO of the Artillery

Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Award Document, to Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier Wilhelm Nortz certificate_of_authenticity and dated “1933” on reverse(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Urkunde). 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring 44. 48 mm (w) x 47. 52 mm (h), weighing 17. 3