Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer Archive with a metal ring and

with a metal ring and reverse backing (magnetic)

Five days after Lancken received his award

Type II (1915-1951) (Ordre de Léopold II)

The fighting lasted eight days

most notable at the Battle of Ahmed Khel

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer Archive with a metal ring and(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 hingeand tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code