Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Province of China It was pure luck that

It was pure luck that no one was killed

Awarded to military officers for outstanding military merit

whereas the later one states his position as driver

On 26 July 1941 the Light Transport Detachment (Lako-prevozni zdrug - Legione croata autotransportabile) was established as a part of the Italian Army

A cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core within a within a ribbed silver border

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Province of China It was pure luck that(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 raised barrel hinge and gently tapering flattened pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker