Germany. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Friedrich Orth Of Wien GTRexclude 3rd Class - Silver with

3rd Class - Silver with a gilt hammer and sickle insignia

He was cited in the London Gazette 7216 on December 5

3) A Silver Merit Medal (Silberne Verdienstmedaille)

He was later promoted to Lance Corporal and survived the war

Germany. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Friedrich Orth Of Wien GTRexclude 3rd Class - Silver withA textbook example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse) by Friedrich Orth of Vienna; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed 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 slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a slightly rounded catch; maker