Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier Auction Archive The document is dated to

The document is dated to Kattowitz (modern day Katowice

inscribed "DIGNISSIMO" at the upper left and "PRAEMIVM CONSTITVTVM / A

the exterior bearing a machine-embroidered gold bullion wire inscription of “TORPEDOBOOT WOLF”

It might have been the 68th Heeres-Betriebs-Kompanie (E) (Army Operating Company)

padded and maker marked "GARRARD & Co

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier Auction Archive The document is dated to(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, maker marked with an LDO code of L59 for Alois