Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939, I Class Auction Second Photo: Group of Eleven

Second Photo: Group of Eleven in a Studio Setting (black and white

the Royal Canadian Navy provided a brass plaque to be laid on the wreck to commemorate the loss

The front of the cap features a machine embroidered national tri-colour cockade in black

Footnote: The Commissions of the Danube River was authorized by the Treaty of Paris (1856) after the close of the Crimean War

Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939, I Class Auction Second Photo: Group of Eleven(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse); a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; in worn condition, showing sings of wear and age, in good condition.