{"product_id":"germany-heer-a-1939-iron-cross-i-class-with-award-document-to-fahnenjunker-unteroffizier-wilhelm-nortz-g62295","title":"Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Award Document, to Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier Wilhelm Nortz","description":"\u003cp\u003e(\u003cem\u003eEisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Urkunde\u003c\/em\u003e). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse six o’clock arm with an initial institution date of “1813”, unmarked, measuring 44.48 mm (w) x 47.52 mm (h), weighing 17.3 grams, accompanied by its original award document, named to “FHJ.-UNTEROFFIZIER” (Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier, junior NCO in training to become an Officer) “WILHELM NORTZ” of “1.\/KL.KW. KOLONNE 330” kleine Kraftwagen-Kolonne 330 (small motor transport unit), issued from headquarters on 3 September 1930 and certified by the handwritten signature of Generalleutnant Edwin Graf von Rothkirch und Trach, measuring 14 cm (w) x 20 cm (h), demonstrating some loss of silver finish and creasing to the award and document, respectively, in near extremely fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFootnote: Edwin Graf von Rothkirch und Trach’s personal life and military career were filled with interesting anecdotes, including the fact that he was a professional show jumper and competed at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, was captured captured by then-Colonel, and later-General, Creighton Abrams during a 58-hour long armoured assault on German forces along the Rhine in March 1945, and the fact that he was secretly recorded admitting knowledge of the Holocaust while in British captivity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49830299959573,"sku":"G62295","price":186.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/eMedals_G62295_2.jpg?v=1775078698","url":"https:\/\/www.emedals.com\/products\/germany-heer-a-1939-iron-cross-i-class-with-award-document-to-fahnenjunker-unteroffizier-wilhelm-nortz-g62295","provider":"eMedals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}