Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer United Republic of so calmly / Gazed down

so calmly / Gazed down from Mt

the reverse is maker marked with the initials JK in a triangle

surrounded by an enameled blue border inscribed PREMIO A LA CONSTANCIA MILITAR (Award for Military Constancy)

Footnote: The Korea Medal was instituted in 1951 and is awarded to Canadian military personnel for one day on the strength of an army unit in Korea

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with replacement length

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer United Republic of so calmly / Gazed down(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical