Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 67 mm (w) x 70

67 mm (w) x 70

inscribed “Den Veteranen des Bayer Heeres” on all four arms of the cross

with John Christie Stocker at the right wearing his India Medal with two clasps

In a another Proceedings of a Medical Board

it has been awarded specifically for "highly successful command and leadership during active operations"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 67 mm (w) x 70(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 hingeand tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code