Germany. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Friedrich Orth Of Wien Archive gilt and enamelings

gilt and enamelings

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Germany. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Friedrich Orth Of Wien Archive gilt and enamelingsA textbook example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse) by Friedrich Orth of Vienna; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a slightly rounded catch; maker