Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive on September 22 1878 first

on September 22 1878 first enlisted with the Royal Canadian Regiment at Quebec in 1907 for a term of 3 years

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inscribed “SINCERE ET CONSTANTER” (Sincere and Consistent) in Gold lettering

Tanks from Ohrdruf and commanded to take part in the defense of Lithuania and East Prussia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive on September 22 1878 first(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, pinback maker marked with code 65 for Klein & Quenzer,