Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Schauerte & Höfeld; Screw-Back Version Newly Listed ORP Burza assisted British forces

ORP Burza assisted British forces off Norway in April 1940

Fellow Pilot of Lothar von Richthofen

at the age of 27 and was the only fatal casualty of the six Victoria Cross recipients of the 1st Battalion

The Battalion was raised in Leeds and Grenville Counties of Ontario

At the end of the war he remained for a short period in service being promoted to Korvettenkapitän on November 18

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Schauerte & Höfeld; Screw-Back Version Newly Listed ORP Burza assisted British forcesA textbook example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse) screwback version by Schauerte & Hfeld, Ldenscheid; 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 plain, with a screw back assembly consisting of a theaded nut and a threaded