Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer, Maerz Published Example Hold killing over eight hundred of

killing over eight hundred of the enemy and affecting the surrender of one thousand prisoners

marked on the lid with the Croatian coat-of-arms above the inscription "REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA"

The ceremony was held on the confirmed site of the sinking of the submarine as a joint exercise with the Navy of the Russian Federation

marked 4 on pin for Steinhauer und Lück

European Theater of Operations

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer, Maerz Published Example Hold killing over eight hundred of(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 screw and backplate, marked with code L 18 for maker B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 44. 28 mm (w) x 44. 29 mm (h),