Germany. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Friedrich Orth Of Wien certificate_of_authenticity He joined the 1st SS

He joined the 1st SS Signals Training and Reserve Detachment 2 in Unna

marked "MEDALLA DE TROPA" (Troop's Medal) on the bottom panel and maker marked "DIEZ T COMPANIA

received a New Years' Honour in 1917

52mm(w) x 73

20 mm x 27 mm

Germany. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Friedrich Orth Of Wien certificate_of_authenticity He joined the 1st SSA 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