Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Award Document, to Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier Wilhelm Nortz Republic of 1 Non-Effective Transit Depot on

1 Non-Effective Transit Depot on December 27th for return to Canada in late February 1944

five of which are on a ribbon bar

one is maker marked "Blaize"

the lower edge trimmed with a twisted and rolled silver threaded fringe

a Luftwaffe buckle

Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Award Document, to Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier Wilhelm Nortz Republic of 1 Non-Effective Transit Depot on(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Urkunde). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring 44. 48 mm (w) x 47. 52 mm (h), weighing 17. 3