Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Document, 240Th Artillery Regiment Newly Listed Instituted on 26 May 1929

Instituted on 26 May 1929

Remarks by the Unit Commander substantiated the aforementioned

Instituted on 31 December 1850 by King Friedrich August II

The Military Order of Max Joseph - (Militär-Max-Joseph-Orden)

Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Document, 240Th Artillery Regiment Newly Listed Instituted on 26 May 1929(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