Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I. Class, by Gebrüder Godet & Co. of Berlin Hold A preliminary award notice for

A preliminary award notice for a Romanian Crusade Against Communism Medal

and six other Victoria Cross recipients

the reverse smooth and stamped with the maker mark “ESL” for Ernst Schneider of Lüdenscheid

with the resulting 15

Instituted December 5th 1916

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I. Class, by Gebrüder Godet & Co. of Berlin Hold A preliminary award notice for(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Re Instituted September 1st, 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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked L 50 on the reverse directly below the catch for