Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Schinkel Version certificate_of_authenticity In the rank of Captain

In the rank of Captain with the Royal Engineers

Steurmannsmaat Haarmann was demobilised by the ‘Soldiers & Workers Council’ at Rustringen on 28 November 1918

The balloon lifts off with carrier pigeons on board

gilt ribbon banner placed upon a white metal base

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Schinkel Version certificate_of_authenticity In the rank of Captain(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central raised mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened integrated catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 86