Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction On 16-8-18

On 16-8-18

Taylor settled in Toronto and served with the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada

Machine embroidered in silvery and black threads

(Heer Schiffchen für Offiziere)

It consists of a gilded bronze loop fastening with a functional magnetic metal snap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction On 16-8-18(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 bloc hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with