Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Second Model

Second Model

van Wielik

number impressed "28077"

in bronze with palm and star on ribbon

Footnote: The Nova Scotia Highlanders was formed in 1954 by the amalgamation of The North Nova Scotia Highlanders

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Second Model(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26