Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude Penzner was quoted as saying

Penzner was quoted as saying "I have a continuous lingering pain behind the lower part of my breast bone and in the pit of my stomach

on loop for suspension (marked but unidentifiable)

(Medaille für Lebensrettung in Silber)

surface rust evident on the reverse of the buckle and on the receiver

Four rows of matte silver/aluminum Russian braid

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude Penzner was quoted as saying(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 block hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the reverse of the pinback maker