Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case Archive Sampel spent eleven months with

Sampel spent eleven months with the 14th Company of Schützen Regiment 3 (14

In the aftermath of the disaster

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 20th Infantry Battalion "1st Central Ontario Regiment"

loss of obverse centre surround

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case Archive Sampel spent eleven months with(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a block barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but displays the characteristics of a C. E. Juncker, measuring 44. 14 mm (w) x 44. 18