Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version Hold 49 mm knurled pin (slightly

49 mm knurled pin (slightly bent)

and Collar Tab Pair (in frosted silver

obverse with central mobile swastika inside an oak leaf wreath

this cross had been ground recovered during the construction near Berlin airport about 20 years ago

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version Hold 49 mm knurled pin (slightly(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; 1957 reissue). Constructed of a silvered bronze alloy with iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silvered frame, the obverse with three central raised oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,