Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier Hold measuring 46 mm (w) x

measuring 46 mm (w) x 105 mm (l)

Bertram was promoted to 1st Lieutenant of the 3rd Infantry on May 1

Egyptian assay and silver standard marked on the reverse cartouche and on the reverse of the silver gilt suspension

He had developed a Furunculosis in the neck (a deep infection of the hair follicle leading to abscess formation with accumulation of pus and necrotic tissue)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier Hold measuring 46 mm (w) x(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with an LDO code of L59 for Alois