Germany, Federal Republic. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version Newly Listed Footnote: The Bronze Grade Marksmanship

Footnote: The Bronze Grade Marksmanship award would normally have been awarded at the annual Tiroler Landesschiessen held in Innsbruck

that he was not married and that his trade was that of Factory Labourer

On New Year’s Day 1945

maker marked "CASTELLI GEROSA S

Germany, Federal Republic. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version Newly Listed Footnote: The Bronze Grade Marksmanship(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 74 mm (w) x 43. 78 mm (h),