Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Award Document, to Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier Wilhelm Nortz consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with the throat also retaining

with the throat also retaining a loop for the accommodation of a hanger

the Hera dropped anchor off Lennard Island

While bailing out

He was 20 years of age and besides his parents he leaves to mourn his loss one brother

Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Award Document, to Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier Wilhelm Nortz consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with the throat also retaining(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Urkunde). 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring 44. 48 mm (w) x 47. 52 mm (h), weighing 17. 3