Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac many of the diagrams taken

many of the diagrams taken from other original publications

awaiting attachment to a matching cord

(M40 Stahlhelm mit Stahlhelmüberzüge)

measuring 48 mm (w) x 103 mm (l)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac many of the diagrams taken(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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for