Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Hold famous in the Western Desert

famous in the Western Desert as the Desert Rats

330 BAY STREET

a Headquarters 5th Infantry Division Citation: Recommending Duffin for the Soldier's Medal (dated April 17

Accompanied by its early style presentation case of issue

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Hold famous in the Western Desert(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse shows a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, a flat wire catch, unmarked, measures 44. 37 mm (w) x 44. 52 mm (h), weighs 17. 8 grams, with light loss of black finish on the core of the