Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Footnote: The prefix "V" indicates

Footnote: The prefix "V" indicates the state of Victoria

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

marked "POSTKARTE" (postcard) and "Helft helfen

Allan Maclean Howard of Toronto

Annie McIntosh of Almonte

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Footnote: The prefix "V" indicates(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