Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Archive Private (Rifleman) Talboys embarked Wellington

Private (Rifleman) Talboys embarked Wellington

Footnote: Neil Wallace Dickson was born on January 25

enamels are intact without chipping

NSKK Dagger RZM by Puma - Maker marked M 7/27 (Puma) on the blade's ricasso

along with an unreadable buried hallmark

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Archive Private (Rifleman) Talboys embarked Wellington(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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 87 mm (w) x 43. 72 mm (h),