Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity War Merit Cross 1st Class

War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords by Deschler - In silvered tombac

and a Bronze Panzer Badge on March 1

the detailing of the bomber and bombs in black ink

traces of black threading remain on the right side from a previous hanging

Footnote: John Archibald Wishart was born on April 13

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity War Merit Cross 1st Class(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with PKZ code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 44. 26 mm (w) x 44. 24 mm (h), weighing 18. 1 grams, in extremely