Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Archive fine BeVo style embroidery in

fine BeVo style embroidery in red

the German Cross in Gold (August 13

with the regimental ribbon banner below inscribed "OR GLORY"

enlisting with the United States Naval Reserve

Joseph Porter's brother

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Archive fine BeVo style embroidery in(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 hinge and tapering pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of