Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive Lance Corporal Ernst Pätzold from

Lance Corporal Ernst Pätzold from Wurzbach (Thuringia

Footnote: Lieutenant (Oberleutnant) Giulini is on the Ranklist from 1914

that had developed into bronchial pneumonia

French version 1822 – in Gold and enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive Lance Corporal Ernst Pätzold from(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 93 mm (w) x 43. 74 mm (h), weighing 19. 6 grams,