Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Auction Archive demand at horse sales increased

demand at horse sales increased and prices doubled

As soon as the enemy came into view Colonel Bullock and his men opened fire

with the handwritten inscription in black ink "Pilot Officer Fred Joseph Kumsky / Royal Canadian Air Force / Special Reserve" at the lower left

single vertical pin with plastic cap on reverse

30 mm x 80

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Auction Archive demand at horse sales increased(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). 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 shows a vertical pinback, black barrel hinge soldered to its side, a round wire catch affixed directly to the backplate in a C shape, unmarked, measures 44. 67 mm (w) x 44. 19 mm (h),