Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive One and Five Cent cancelled

One and Five Cent cancelled stamps on the lid

were met by very deadly fire from hidden machine guns

Lance Corporal Ernst Pätzold from Wurzbach (Thuringia

Footnote: Lieutenant (Oberleutnant) Giulini is on the Ranklist from 1914

and fencing

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive One and Five Cent cancelled(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 93 mm (w) x 43. 74 mm (h), weighing 19. 6 grams,