Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold The elements were too much

The elements were too much for them

At El Paso and Juarez

1924 in Gennebreck

Lieferjahr 1944”

surrounded by the inscription "FELDZUG GEG (Gegen) FRANKREICH

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold The elements were too much(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 central lug connecting to an original backplate, the twelve oclock arm with a stabilizing pin, unmarked, measuring 44.