Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed Donibristle

Donibristle

constructed of multi-pieces of heavy blackened leather

the Southwestern Front had to be recreated almost from scratch

joining his unit on the 31st

functioning pin with a round C-catch

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed Donibristle(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked