Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive (453 T MARTIN H Ms

(453 T MARTIN H Ms 55th REGt)

the obverse consisting of a swordfish lying on top of a length of richly-textured rope

with a series of twenty-one illustrations printed in black ink and framed by green borders on a white paper stock randomly inserted at various locations

at the age of 49 and is buried in Oxford Memorial Park Cemetery

with 2nd Aircraftman Roy Spriggs being the other pilot

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive (453 T MARTIN H Ms(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 97 mm (w) x 43. 96 mm (h), weighing