Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China circumscribed by “Merito Civili Tempore

circumscribed by “Merito Civili Tempore Belli MCMXV” (Latin - At the merit of the Civil War)

suspended using a large hollow Gold crown with a pierced ball suspension and swivel ring from a period-original sash ribbon

415 "C" Wing A-25 Canadian Small Arms Training Centre

Paquette with a strength of 18 officers and 419 other ranks

measuring 29 mm (w) x 23 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China circumscribed by “Merito Civili Tempore(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by