Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier certificate_of_authenticity GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2 LINDENGASSE 9

GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2 LINDENGASSE 9

surrounded by the inscription "NOT YET MATURE

women in the WAAC were first sent to the battlefields in France

Private Weller was serving with the 18th Infantry Battalion in France

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier certificate_of_authenticity GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2 LINDENGASSE 9(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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, maker marked with an LDO code of L59 for Alois