Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Schinkel Version Hold NORTHERN IRELAND (in silver

NORTHERN IRELAND (in silver

he was promoted to Hauptmann (Captain)

Twenty years previous

Order of Military Merit - Silver Cross with Red Distinction - Silver Greek cross with integral crown suspension

The brass scabbard has several minor depressons/"dings" to the lower obverse/reverse shell and edges with obverse shell decorated with a floral and oak leaf motif and an anchor on the upper scabbard between the floral embellished suspension bands

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Schinkel Version Hold NORTHERN IRELAND (in silver(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central raised mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened integrated catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 86