Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude He successfully completed courses in

He successfully completed courses in Gun Laying (1910) and 1st Class Gunner (1913-14)

Red Cross Medal of Appreciation - 1st Class

A 1933/34 WHW (Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes/Winter Relief of the German People) “Wir Kämpfen gegen hunger und kälte” badge

Giannini went overseas with the American Expeditionary Force and was assigned to the French theatre

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude He successfully completed courses in(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). 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 and vertical banjo style pinback meeting an elongated flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 84 mm (w) x 43.