Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Variant, by Alois Rettenmaier Auction set within a ribbed wreath

set within a ribbed wreath bearing a raised inscription of “MEINE EHRE HEIßT TREUE” (“MY HONOUR IS LOYALTY”)

1953 in Toronto

reverse engraved "1/4 MILE RACE / WON BY J

it was noted that he had "Difficulty in reading"

the sleeve slotted below the label and housing a naming insert card marked "THIS BANCROFT CAP BELONGS TO:" and named in blue ink to "CDR

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Variant, by Alois Rettenmaier Auction set within a ribbed wreath(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). 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 central threaded screw post, with a stabilizer emanating from the twelve oclock arm, marked with LDO code L59