Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of the entire handle displaying light

the entire handle displaying light contact overall and loose activity

Footnote: Reginald George Stafford was born in Buckinghamshire

took part in Bomber Wing Mission against Rzeszow

circumscribed by a gilded ornamented border

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of the entire handle displaying light(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte, 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 flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, with characteristics of the firms Type A