Germany. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Friedrich Orth Of Wien Archive inscribed "PELERINAGE CANADIEN" and "CANADIAN

inscribed "PELERINAGE CANADIEN" and "CANADIAN PILGRIMAGE" on either side of her feet and "VIMY" below

Lance Sergeant (August 1

with its medal ribbon bar style ribbon sewn to the loop

the gilt covering all but the "104"

Germany. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Friedrich Orth Of Wien Archive inscribed "PELERINAGE CANADIEN" and "CANADIANA textbook example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse) by Friedrich Orth of Vienna; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a 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 slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a slightly rounded catch; maker