Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By S. Jablonski Hold inscribed "1st DIVISION / GRENADIER

inscribed "1st DIVISION / GRENADIER GUARDS / COLDSTREAM GUARDS / SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS / 42nd 79th AND 93rd REGts / 4TH DIVISION / 63rd 20th 21st AND 57th REGts / 2 COMPANIES OF THE 46th REGt / 68th REGt / 1st BATTn RIFLES / CAVALRY DIVISION / 4th & 5th Dn Gds 1st 2nd & 6th Dns / 4th 8th 11th 13th & 17th LIGHT DRAGOONS / ROYAL ARTILLERY / ROYAL ENGINEERS" and dated "OCTr 25th 1854" below

An original presentation case of issue for an Order of the Knights of Malta

1924 at the age of 19 and was subsequently transferred to the Indian theatre on April 9

88mm in diameter

inscribed in black embroidery "Deutsches" above and "Roten Kreuz" below

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By S. Jablonski Hold inscribed "1st DIVISION / GRENADIER(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop