Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold breaching the narrow stretch of

breaching the narrow stretch of sand between the ocean and Pamlico Sound

He was born at Alcsút

After the return and restoration of King Ferdinand VII in 1814

one of the prongs broken off - the other fully intact

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold breaching the narrow stretch of(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, pinback marked with 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lck of Ldenscheid, measuring 43. 94 mm (w) x 44. 20 mm