Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Version with Case, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter Archive situated above a banner bearing

situated above a banner bearing an inscription of “MIT GOTT F

15th Canadian Light Horse

Cape Breton Highlanders

the obverse center presents a blue enamel field with a gold figure of a woman in colonial dress

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Version with Case, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter Archive situated above a banner bearing(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue) Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, maker marked with LDO code L 19 for