Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Award Document, to Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier Wilhelm Nortz consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Reichsluftschutzbund Silberplatte)

(Reichsluftschutzbund Silberplatte)

illustrating the Temple of Heaven in the centre

with the throat also retaining a loop for the accommodation of a hanger

the Hera dropped anchor off Lennard Island

Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Award Document, to Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier Wilhelm Nortz consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Reichsluftschutzbund Silberplatte)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Urkunde). 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring 44. 48 mm (w) x 47. 52 mm (h), weighing 17. 3