Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Document, 240Th Artillery Regiment Newly Listed founded the Bank of Italy

founded the Bank of Italy in San Francisco in 1904

Instituted on 31 December 1850 by King Friedrich August II

he quickly rose to prominence for his gallantry in action

overall good/fine

50 men were then executed

Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Document, 240Th Artillery Regiment Newly Listed founded the Bank of Italy(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Papier). 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. 87 mm (w) x 43. 83 mm (h), weighing