Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker visually-hidden with a date of “26

with a date of “26

Accompanied by The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Nova Scotia 50 Year Service Medal (metal with a gold-coloured gilt

maker marked "HOFFSTATTER BONN" and marked "GES

measuring 152 mm (w) x 228 mm (h) x 7 mm (d)

This effectively made him Germany's War Minister

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker visually-hidden with a date of “26(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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a frame produced by Rudolf Souval,