Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case Auction on Thursday

on Thursday

as well as the breast eagle are carefully hand sewn into place and are very fine

the Battle of Verdun

Constructed of olive-tan heavy cotton

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case Auction on Thursday(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). 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 plain with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 89 mm (w) x 43. 80 mm