Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction marked "POSTKARTE" (postcard) and "Helft

marked "POSTKARTE" (postcard) and "Helft helfen

Victory Medal (13279 SGT

One group was sent to defend the airfield at Laha on the west side of Ambon Bay

Allan Maclean Howard of Toronto

fine chipping in the red and green paint on the insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction marked "POSTKARTE" (postcard) and "Helft(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). 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 flat wire catch, marked L 16 and 4 both for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 44. 10 mm (w) x 44. 10 mm