Germany, Wehrmacht. An Early 1939 Iron Cross, I Class Auction Archive measuring 36 mm (w) x

measuring 36 mm (w) x 39 mm (h - inclusive of integral ring)

1936 Visit to Cologne Tinnie - Silvered die-stamped tin with green paint

in and around Lens

centering red cross

both of which are hallmarked

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Early 1939 Iron Cross, I Class Auction Archive measuring 36 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). An early cross with many features similar to those first war issue crosses, of multi piece construction with a blackened non magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a round