Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Non-Magnetic, Vienna Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked "WOODS MANUFACTURING COMPANY

maker marked "WOODS MANUFACTURING COMPANY / OTTAWA

as of April 26

wax seal intact

The younger Caston entered the French theatre on July 10

with small red enamelled dots in the shape of an eight point star

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Non-Magnetic, Vienna Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked "WOODS MANUFACTURING COMPANY(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of a non magnetic metal, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the frame demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture