Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed 44th (Manitoba) Battalion

44th (Manitoba) Battalion

Footnote: 0-692796 1st Lieutenant Edward C

in (solid 14 Kt

7) A Wehrmacht 25-Year Long Service Cross Miniature

that has been converted to function as a piggybank

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed 44th (Manitoba) Battalion(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 05 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm (h), weighing 16. 0