Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Carl Wild United Republic of Further improvements and refinements of

Further improvements and refinements of assorted protective flight goggles continued in the inter-war years and by the start of the Second World War

along with his brother

oxidation and loss of finished to the zink alloy features

integral loop is bent

measuring 80 mm (w) x 215 mm (l)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Carl Wild United Republic of Further improvements and refinements of(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 raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 107 for