Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed This is a single third

This is a single third reich period German Forstmeister rank collar tab of the the Private Forestry Service

reverse with maker’s cartouche of Joseph Resch & Fils in Bucarest

inscribed "ОРДЕНЪ / "ЗА ГРАЖДАНСКА ЗАСЛУГА" / VI

He joined the Luftwaffe in January of 1942 and served in Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment (Luftgau Signals Regiment) Holland

There are also pictures from a get-together of Pour le Merite recipients in Döberitz near Berlin on Jan 24th

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed This is a single third(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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of