Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive and I believe it was

and I believe it was this trait of coolness and bravery in the man that led me with others to stay with him in the breastworks when the rest of the line had fled

Dahomey (now Benin): Grand Cross: four-piece construction

where he served until late February

accompanied by its 11 mm x 40 mm Ribbon Bar

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive and I believe it was(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code 100 for Wchtler & Lange,