Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude consisting of a Pisan Cross

consisting of a Pisan Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece

Sa Werkstatt Für erstklassige Holzblasinstrumente" (Workshop for First-Class Wood Wind Instruments) in blue embroidery with the company's insignia immediately to the left in red embroidery

Severely depleted by desertion

an Armed Forces Thank You Letter from the White House named to "CHARLES W

silver wound badge denazified

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude consisting of a Pisan Cross(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 raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B.