Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction with small section of original

with small section of original ribbon

measuring 74 mm x 18 mm

Butson was appointed Honourary Surgeon to Her Majesty the Queen in 1977 and was made an Officer of the Order of Military Merit (Canada) in 1982

weighing 19 grams

also marked FR (Rothe)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction with small section of original(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code