Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case GTRexclude the same cemetery where both

the same cemetery where both his parents are interred

During October 1942

Preface by General Walter Natynczyk

on an original ribbon with hook

1945 and signed in blue ink by Oberst (Colonel) and Division Commander Gustav Rödel (1915–1995)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case GTRexclude the same cemetery where both(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 06 mm (w) x 47. 30 mm (h),