Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Relic Condition certificate_of_authenticity with four hand-carved national eagles

with four hand-carved national eagles

the Order has been conferred upon Belgian citizens and foreigners as a symbol of gratitude for exemplary service rendered to the King of Belgium

he also contracted Typhoid Fever while in the Somme

1943 and signed by a Hauptmann (Captain)

Military Type II

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Relic Condition certificate_of_authenticity with four hand-carved national eagles(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a blackened non magnetic brass 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 soldered with a circular magnetic metal disc perforated at the quadrants with eyelets presumably for sew on attachment, unmarked, measuring 44. 32 mm