Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ferdinand Hoffstätter consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Gerspach graduated from Seneca Vocational

Gerspach graduated from Seneca Vocational High School in 1964 and was a resident of Eggertsville

It was awarded in four classes: 1st Class with a gold gilt laurel wreath on the ribbon

engraved "No 107" on the button hole attachment

After a brief stay in England

A period original signed photograph of Hanns-Heinrich Lohmann

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ferdinand Hoffstätter consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Gerspach graduated from Seneca Vocational(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, maker marked with LDO code L 19 for Ferdinand Hoffsttter,