Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Hold the reverse with an inscription

the reverse with an inscription of “DEM VERDIENSTE 1914” (“FOR MERIT 1914”)

Crimea period issue

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Toronto

marked with code “L/21” for maker Förster & Barth

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Hold the reverse with an inscription(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code 100 for Wchtler & Lange,