Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class With Case, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of the Russian team "Iskra" investigated

the Russian team "Iskra" investigated the site which contributed further evidence of location of USS Wahoo

The certificate is dated to Lähden on March 28

1934” (“GRAND PRIZE OF THE BROWN BAND OF GERMANY

he was part of the 1st Company of the SS Panzer Hunting Detachment 3

The obverse with a border of oak leaves with a tie at the base and a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class With Case, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of the Russian team "Iskra" investigated(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics