Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Newly Listed he was re-admitted to No

he was re-admitted to No

APRIL 1937” (“TO CONDUCTOR RUDOLF PÖHLSEN

a 1939 NSDAP badge

where he served with the 25th Infantry Battalion in New Guinea as of July 1942

Pte stayed in York and worked as a butcher

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Newly Listed he was re-admitted to No(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 PKZ code 26 for B. H. Mayer,