Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity measuring 134 mm (w) x

measuring 134 mm (w) x 307 mm (l)

and entitled to wear the War Service Badge (General Service Class)

illustrating the initials "FJ" (Franz Joseph) inside a rope ring

Mitchell died from complications he received incurred during his war service

featuring a red enamelled cross with green wreath and white banner along the lower half bearing the inscription SCIENCIAS LE TRAS E ARTES

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity measuring 134 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded and flattened catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics