Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive (Reichsnährstand Erinnerungsabzeichen)

(Reichsnährstand Erinnerungsabzeichen)

as evidenced by the sweat staining in the dome where the celluloid shield once resided

worn but near extremely fine condition

the guard was officially set up

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive (Reichsnährstand Erinnerungsabzeichen)(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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code