Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Auction Archive As soon as the enemy

As soon as the enemy came into view Colonel Bullock and his men opened fire

The interior of the cap had been (war time) modified by the wearer

single vertical pin with plastic cap on reverse

Cap Badge Canadian Army Service Corp

with the handwritten inscription in black ink "Pilot Officer Fred Joseph Kumsky / Royal Canadian Air Force / Special Reserve" at the lower left

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Auction Archive As soon as the enemy(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse shows a vertical pinback, black barrel hinge soldered to its side, a round wire catch affixed directly to the backplate in a C shape, unmarked, measures 44. 67 mm (w) x 44. 19 mm (h),