Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Post-1957 Reissue certificate_of_authenticity He was admitted to hospital

He was admitted to hospital and his condition considerably improved

javelin throwing (track and field)

Two-piece black leather chin strap rests upon the visor housing length adjustment buckles on either side

obverse centre featuring a fine handmade figure of Our Lady of Guadalupe surrounded by the inscription RELIGION INDEPENDENCIA UNION (Religion

and with a tan weaving on the edge along the entire patch

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Post-1957 Reissue certificate_of_authenticity He was admitted to hospital(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and nickel alloy, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed nickel alloy frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 09 mm (w) x