Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Steinhauer & Lück; Double - Marked Version Hold Though bleeding heavily he mounted

Though bleeding heavily he mounted a riderless horse and passed through the enemy

Hill moved to Canada and became a Commanding Officer (Special Branch)

two inscribed "RECRUIT DEPOT ROYAL FLYING CORPS BRASS BAND 1917" on the obverse

reverse bottom arm marked under catch KO

used on Russian Front

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Steinhauer & Lück; Double - Marked Version Hold Though bleeding heavily he mountedA textbook example of a double marked Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse) by Steinhauer & Lck of Ldenscheid; 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 flat