Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity Karl Troop Cross (war materials

Karl Troop Cross (war materials

The 2nd Battalion received more gallantry awards than any other unit of the Indian Army

and a red enamelled flag from 12 to 4 o’clock inscribed Ленин (Lenin)

Pinned onto the centre of the cap band is a silvered bronze insignia consisting of a central circular NVA insignia within an oak leaf wreath

measures 20 mm (w) x 29 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity Karl Troop Cross (war materials(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 flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 10 for Deschler