Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By B.h. Mayer Hold in Gold and enamel

in Gold and enamel

stamped "JOE

Footnote: This was presumably constructed as a gift by the crew to the commander of S-57 Oberleutnant zur See Buschmann

Footnote: This Unit was made up of 500 picked men from the construction forces of the Canadian Pacific Railway

also referred to as the Sylvestrine Order

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By B.h. Mayer Hold in Gold and enamel(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26