Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Manitoba in 1941 and 1942

Manitoba in 1941 and 1942

holding a pair of binoculars

and enameled bronze

Two of his brothers signed up at the same time: 404441 Frederick Alfred Roberts and 404443 Reginald James Roberts

maker marked "WILLIAM SCULLY" on the reverse of the badge and maker marked "W

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Manitoba in 1941 and 1942(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 block hingeand tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code