Germany. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Friedrich Orth Of Wien Archive WW1 Hamburg Hanseatic Cross

WW1 Hamburg Hanseatic Cross

The rejection letter for an officer candidate career is dated to Eutin on September 28

He works as a gardener’s apprentice

1931) on the reverse

2 rounds from the Howitzers were fired in the direction of the wake of the torpedoes

Germany. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Friedrich Orth Of Wien Archive WW1 Hamburg Hanseatic CrossA textbook example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse) by Friedrich Orth of Vienna; 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 slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a slightly rounded catch; maker