Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Issue Auction and measures approximately 72mm

and measures approximately 72mm

balsa wood frame

7 cm in height and weighing 289 grams

also served in Africa

silver plated on triangular ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Issue Auction and measures approximately 72mmEisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with raised central oak leaves with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid,