Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed although he had his engine

although he had his engine throttled down

light wear overall on the reverse

then posted six weeks later to the Depot at Osea Island

73 mm x 47

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed although he had his engine(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 flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 100