Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version GTRexclude the right one additionally marked

the right one additionally marked with the entwined S-A insignia of Siemens-Apparate- und Maschinenbau (SAM)

He claimed his first aerial victory on July 1

It was also awarded to Waffen-SS soldiers of the 500

he came down with a case of Scarlet Fever and was hospitalized from October 26th to December 15th

1916 and was taken on strength at the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre at Folkestone ten days later

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version GTRexclude the right one additionally marked(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; 1957 reissue). Constructed of a silvered bronze alloy with iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silvered frame, the obverse with three central raised oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,