An Iron Cross 1939 First Class; 1957 Version Archive 3rd Class (1947-1991) - Three-piece

3rd Class (1947-1991) - Three-piece construction

obverse illustrating the Statue of Liberty with the New York skyline behind her

Royal Army Educational Corps

signed on September 10

He sought hospitalization six and a half weeks later

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class; 1957 Version Archive 3rd Class (1947-1991) - Three-pieceA mint alternative de nazified replacement version of an Iron Cross 1939; white metal cross pattee of multi piece construction, with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback; barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; unmarked; measuring 44. 02 mm x 44. 03 mm;