Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, With Case Buy Now Woods was with 'B' Battery

Woods was with 'B' Battery 241st (S

George VI (J-17438 F/O J

a tear evident in the blue field at the bottom of the hoist sleeve

The 43 mm wide sweatband is fabricated from chocolate brown leather

secured together with five darts

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, With Case Buy Now Woods was with 'B' Battery(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron 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 blocke hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, lacking a makers mark but bearing an etched owners name