Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Auction Archive with the handwritten inscription in

with the handwritten inscription in black ink "Pilot Officer Fred Joseph Kumsky / Royal Canadian Air Force / Special Reserve" at the lower left

he was listed as ‘Previously reported wounded

The interior of the cap had been (war time) modified by the wearer

Cap Badge Canadian Army Service Corp

SOHN MÜNCHEN 9" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Auction Archive with the handwritten inscription in(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 shows a vertical pinback, black barrel hinge soldered to its side, a round wire catch affixed directly to the backplate in a C shape, unmarked, measures 44. 67 mm (w) x 44. 19 mm (h),