Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version Archive Footnote: (Chief Engine Room Artificer

Footnote: (Chief Engine Room Artificer Class 1) Henry Spencer Read was 42 when he was killed at the Battle of Jutland aboard HMS Ardent

four rubber pads on the underside against the sidewall

joined together at the bottom by a bow tie ribbon

at least at the time of war

and the Order of Saint Stanislaus

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version Archive Footnote: (Chief Engine Room Artificer(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and a silvered bronze alloy, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silvered frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a restitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 16 mm