Germany, Wehrmacht. 1939 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity Minor issues consistent with age

Minor issues consistent with age are evident

and ex-combatant of Northern Africa campaign

Air and Space Commendation Medal: in bronze gilt

with a crossguard featuring a medallion with a raised depiction of crossed cannons and a lion’s head quillon

one on each breast which have decorative straps giving them a pleated-look with brownish-green finished plastic buttons at the top

Germany, Wehrmacht. 1939 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity Minor issues consistent with ageA 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialianzlei code 15 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 44. 44 mm (w) x 44. 33 mm (h),