Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Crunch Bead Variant, with Case Democratic Republic of the with raised eight-pointed star capping

with raised eight-pointed star capping each rivet

7mm (w) x 59

Essex Regiment Cap Badge c

Each breast of the tunic has two pockets opened with a stylized flap bearing a single reinforced buttonhole meeting a pebbled metallic button

five 1st Canadian Infantry Division Sleeve Patches (one badge has a red cotton obverse and black cotton reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Crunch Bead Variant, with Case Democratic Republic of the with raised eight-pointed star capping(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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the characteristics of a crunch bead