Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive 51ST Soo Rifles Militia Cap

51ST Soo Rifles Militia Cap Badge by Gaunt - In browning copper

While on duty

All set on a 160 mm-long bar with horizontal pinback

The War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2

1889 Krause was promoted to brevetted Major General

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive 51ST Soo Rifles Militia Cap(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H.