Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Ldo Case Of Issue Auction Archive pinback maker marked with code

pinback maker marked with code “4” for Steinhauer & Lück

Herr Major

He was employed for instructional purposes with a British Field Battery in the South African theatre

2) A HJ supporter’s badge

Commander's Cross in Gold and enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Ldo Case Of Issue Auction Archive pinback maker marked with code(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver 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 barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but characteristic of the maker Fritz Zimmermann, measuring 43. 87 mm (w) x 43. 98