Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Hold encompassing as it does the

encompassing as it does the difficult years of the depression

The interior of the crown is lined with a layer of red cotton

inscribed "Ordensbergen"

constructed of silvered tombak with multi-coloured enamels

including eight ribbon boutonnieres

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Hold encompassing as it does the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by