Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Schauerte & Höhfeld Newly Listed 42 mm x 115 mm

42 mm x 115 mm

dated 20 October 1918

with a button closure

contact marks on the WM

constructed of a semi-circular bronze base finished with a matte silver coating

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Schauerte & Höhfeld Newly Listed 42 mm x 115 mm(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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 threaded lug retaining a matching backplate, with a stabilizing pin emanating from the twelve oclock arm, maker