A Iron Cross 1939 First Class United Republic of with Imperial Russian gold hallmarks

with Imperial Russian gold hallmarks on ring

Both on the ground and in the air this airmans efficiency has been of an extremely high order

Casualty Records

thin wreath version by this maker

the portrait and glass remaining unaffected

A Iron Cross 1939 First Class United Republic of with Imperial Russian gold hallmarksAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; unmarked; measuring 44. 28 mm x 43. 95 mm; weighing 16. 1 grams; near extremely fine