Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Variant, by Alois Rettenmaier Auction 1918 at Witley Camp

1918 at Witley Camp

the lid is impressed with the crowned VE monogram

1953 in Toronto

the sleeve slotted below the label and housing a naming insert card marked "THIS BANCROFT CAP BELONGS TO:" and named in blue ink to "CDR

illustrating Sister Pia wearing a white cross badge at the neck opening

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Variant, by Alois Rettenmaier Auction 1918 at Witley Camp(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). 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 central threaded screw post, with a stabilizer emanating from the twelve oclock arm, marked with LDO code L59