Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class GTRexclude Mounted on triangular ribbon

Mounted on triangular ribbon

20 men died on duty (though none by enemy fire)

as part of the Reserve Fleet out of Devonport

38th and 124th Battalions

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class GTRexclude Mounted on triangular ribbon(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver 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 barrel hinge soldered on its side and vertical pinback meeting a thick flat wire catch, measuring 43. 96 mm (w) x 44. 24 mm (h), weighing 16. 7 grams, and in near very fine