Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class United Republic of Army Distinguished Service Cross (bronze

Army Distinguished Service Cross (bronze

38 mm (h - inclusive of loop)

” written in pencil on top right

shot through the right upper arm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class United Republic of Army Distinguished Service Cross (bronze(1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse presents a principle pin assembly with a damaged missing pin, measuring 44. 48 mm (w) x 44. 34 mm (h), weighing 19. 1 grams, and in good condition.