Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity he calmly directed the fire

he calmly directed the fire of his squad and that of a nearby tank on four enemy stone and concrete emplacements

Grand Gold Medal and Grand Silver Medal

(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939)

marked with the upward-facing Broad Arrow insignia and inscribed "R

within a ring of red enamel bearing a gilt inscription of “EIN GOTT

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity he calmly directed the fire(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for