Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Newly Listed featuring three floriate rays in

featuring three floriate rays in each quadrant

and 3) A Gold Merit medal

Britchfield was admitted to the Royal Naval Hospital Stonehouse for a carbunkle on his neck

the reverse presents a single vertical pin and is maker marked Griesbach I Knaus

(Wehrmacht Handschuhe)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Newly Listed featuring three floriate rays in(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 block hinge and early style tapering pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei