Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, 1957 Model Auction Archive 4) A bavarian Jubilee Medal

4) A bavarian Jubilee Medal for the Army (Bayrische Jubiläumsmedaille für die Armee)

circumscribed by inscriptions “VERBAND DEUTSCHER BRIEFTAUBEN LIEBHABER VEREINE” (“ASSOCIATION OF GERMAN MESSENGER PIGEON FANCIERS”) and “FÜR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNGEN” (“FOR EXCELLENT SERVICE”)

He was named Officer Commanding

unmarked (usually these belts were black)

the centre emblem measures 34 mm in diameter while the armband measures 209 mm (w) x 132

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, 1957 Model Auction Archive 4) A bavarian Jubilee Medal(Eisernes Kreuz, 1939, 1. Klasse, 1957 Modell). Instituted 10 March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia. A white metal cross paty with blackened magnetic iron cross paty imposed within a white metal hatched border, the obverse centre bears oak leaves and the 6 oclock arm bears the date 1939, the obverse is plain and bears a vertical flat pinback with a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 02 mm (w) x 44. 09 mm (h), weighing 16. 6 g, very