Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version GTRexclude A Iron Cross 1813

A Iron Cross 1813

Monetny Dvor mint marked and number engraved "6610152" on the reverse

forcing both Canadian Mounted Rifle Brigades (six Regiments) to be dismounted and converted to infantry and re-organized as the 8th Infantry Brigade (four Battalions)

5 mm Royal Australian Air Force insignia on the left side

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version GTRexclude A Iron Cross 1813(Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse 1939). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). 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 flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 08 mm (w) x 44. 45