Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude with extensive paperwork indicating that

with extensive paperwork indicating that Vögele suffered from a persistent lung disease and was recommended for duty in clean-air environments

each constructed of red wool with a rigid card stock core and topped by four bands of silver aluminum wire piping

original ribbon with UNHCR clasp and pinback

It was awarded in five classes: I Class Grand Cross

the original shipping box for the British War Medal and Victory Medal (addressed "10107 PTE

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude with extensive paperwork indicating that(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte, 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 flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, with characteristics of the firms Type A