Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By Steinhauer And Lück United Republic of as documented in the Circumstances

as documented in the Circumstances of Death Report

von Richthofen

This cross isn 18Kt

29 mm (w) x 45

lime-green wool backer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By Steinhauer And Lück United Republic of as documented in the Circumstances(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a full banjo style vertical pinback and barrel hinge with a flat wire catch in Type A style, marked 4 on pinback for maker