Germany, Third Reich. A First Class Iron Cross 1939 Hold and three Shoulder Flashes (yellow

and three Shoulder Flashes (yellow embroidered lettering on a navy blue cotton/nylon blend

Footnote: Private Thomas Welsh was born on February 9

Eventually he became a Scharführer in Bann 180 (Hohenasperg) of District 20

Bartholomew's Hospital

Footnote: The medal was created on February 14

Germany, Third Reich. A First Class Iron Cross 1939 Hold and three Shoulder Flashes (yellow(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Instituted on September 1, 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a 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 with a vertical banjo style pinback, a wire catch, and a barrel hinge, marked L 12 on the reverse for C. E. Junker, Berlin, and