Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939 I. Class Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic One featuring a black-and-white portrait

One featuring a black-and-white portrait of General Erich Ludendorff

the capture of which was essential to the success of the entire Iwo Jima operation

at the age of 53

oval wreath of oak leaves

Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939 I. Class Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic One featuring a black-and-white portrait(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Re instituted September 1st, 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of neusilber and iron, 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 hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 3 mm (w) x 44. 1 mm (l), weighing