Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Newly Listed Footnote: William Blane's original name

Footnote: William Blane's original name was William Burriss Engelbrecht

to whom the Star (the same as worn by the Grand Crosses) may be given as a higher distinction

promoting Ewald Woiwod from Polizeioberwachtmeister (Police Officer) to Polizeirevieroberwachtmeister (Polizei Precinct Chief)

and two Royal Air Force (RAF) Pilot Badges (both in brown and white embroidery

1934 meeting

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Newly Listed Footnote: William Blane's original name(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanlzei code 26 for