Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Relic Condition certificate_of_authenticity "in recognition of your (Fovargue's)

"in recognition of your (Fovargue's) gallant and brave conduct during operations with the Polish Navy in the struggle for the common cause

stated in the 1958 JOMSA Journal

MacLaren with a strength of 32 officers and 967 other ranks

the Order was worn on a black ribbon

Accompanied by a 10 mm x 104 mm ribbon bar with swing bar pinback

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Relic Condition certificate_of_authenticity "in recognition of your (Fovargue's)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a blackened non magnetic brass 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 soldered with a circular magnetic metal disc perforated at the quadrants with eyelets presumably for sew on attachment, unmarked, measuring 44. 32 mm