Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wächtler & Lange United Republic of Instituted on March 18th 1814

Instituted on March 18th 1814

and “Arsa”

in generally poor/fair condition

both unmarked and measuring 45 mm (w) x 105 mm (l)

typical WWI period award

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wächtler & Lange United Republic of Instituted on March 18th 1814(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 100