Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed 408131 Private Percy King served

408131 Private Percy King served with the 42nd Infantry Battalion in France

number 1053962 and paid a War Service Gratuity in the amount of $381

where he was appointed Lance Corporal on October 17th

the obverse exhibiting a central medallion

1st Type (1938-1948)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed 408131 Private Percy King served(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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. 93 mm (w) x 43. 74 mm (h), weighing 19. 6 grams,