Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Wächtler & Lange, Dietrich Maerz Collection Hold sewn in place on the

sewn in place on the underside of the opening

he was transferred to a German concentration camp at Sachsenhausen

of multi-piece construction with a blackened non-magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border

measuring 80 mm (w) x 20

blackened and silvered

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Wächtler & Lange, Dietrich Maerz Collection Hold sewn in place on the(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback marked with LDO code L55 for