Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Ek I Class, By Carl Wild - Dietrich Maerz Collection Hold 36 mm x 78 mm

36 mm x 78 mm

The ribbon bar is well preserved with limited soiling

and Commemorative Medal of the African Campaigns

he was posted to the Canadian Machine Gun Company Depot on December 22nd

the reverse inscribed “1914 1918” and maker marked “Grienauer” encircled by a border of oak leaves

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Ek I Class, By Carl Wild - Dietrich Maerz Collection Hold 36 mm x 78 mm(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 border, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code 107 for maker Carl Wild,