Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version United Republic of 1936 and signed in blue

1936 and signed in blue ink by Reich War Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht

measuring 11 mm (w) x 14 mm (h)

screw back type (missing fastening nut)

uniform removed Waffen-SS NCOs Wire Runic Collar Tab

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version United Republic of 1936 and signed in blue(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (Post 1957 issue). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Pattee with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed neusilber frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 22 mm (w) x 44. 19 mm (h), weighing