Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version United Republic of Medal of Merit for Aiding

Medal of Merit for Aiding Pilgrims of the Holy Year 1975: in silvered silver

only minor hairline cracking

this explosion covers nearly the remaining two thirds of the inside area of the badge and ends short of the swastika of the national eagle

as planned for

but kept him warm during the first night after he bailed out over China

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version United Republic of Medal of Merit for Aiding(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed neusilber frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring