Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic hand etched Gold ring

hand etched Gold ring

Official awarded Paratrooper's qualification wings

He was later transferred to the 5th Mounted Rifle Battalion

the obverse bearing a shield with a raised map of Crimea and southern Ukraine

reverse is stamped Germany ("indicative of a period piece intended for post war export" page 554 of Angolia's publication)

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic hand etched Gold ring(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse Ausfhrung 1957). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed neusilber frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 42 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), an early 1957 version in extremely fine