Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Hold light wear to the surrounding

light wear to the surrounding gold paint and small scratches present on the obverse

96th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Collar Badge: in pickled copper

in a leather-bound presentation folder within a pebbled hardcover box)

The only bright spot for the British in this entire operation was that they managed to evacuate their positions without much loss

A grouping of four second war german medal ribbon bars

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Hold light wear to the surrounding(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 barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics