Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class With Case, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann GTRexclude unattached on September 10

unattached on September 10

Footnote: Struck after September 1943

69mm x 20mm

topped by an inscription of “WELTKRIEG 1914-1916” (“WORLD WAR 1914-1916”) and above an inscription of “DOUGLAS

) Medal Commemorating  October 1st 1938

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class With Case, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann GTRexclude unattached on September 10(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics