Germany. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Friedrich Orth Of Wien Archive Ground Assault Badge - in

Ground Assault Badge - in zinc

He works as a gardener’s apprentice

inscribed "Oberleutnant MARSEILLE" at the lower left

2 rounds from the Howitzers were fired in the direction of the wake of the torpedoes

which he called a "Schizophrenic Episode"

Germany. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Friedrich Orth Of Wien Archive Ground Assault Badge - inA textbook example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse) by Friedrich Orth of Vienna; 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 plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a slightly rounded catch; maker