Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Friedrich Orth Buy Now Rathlin Head was attacked by

Rathlin Head was attacked by two torpedoes from a S/M (enemy submarine)

the Battle of Cape Spartivento

measuring 75 mm (w) x 51

constructed of Alpacca

marked 950 silver

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Friedrich Orth Buy Now Rathlin Head was attacked by(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with the uncommon full LDO code of L15