Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 9 cm (w) x

measuring 9 cm (w) x 16

it performed various duties ranging from airfield and coastal defence to de-mining

He joined the 211th battalion on May 13

and copies of his Index Cards

Betty Field

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 9 cm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse Ausfhrung 1957). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed neusilber frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 42 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), an early 1957 version in extremely fine