Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939, I Class Auction the Royal Canadian Navy provided

the Royal Canadian Navy provided a brass plaque to be laid on the wreck to commemorate the loss

22nd and 24th

the reverse inscribed with text

top lid of the case missing two sections

Wolseley commanded the expedition to the Ashanti

Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939, I Class Auction the Royal Canadian Navy provided(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse); a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; in worn condition, showing sings of wear and age, in good condition.