Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Buy Now enamel chipping evident overall

enamel chipping evident overall

(Reichsarbeitsdienst Koppelschloss)

illustrating a cap suspended from crossed rifles

mounted on top of bright white wool waffenfarbe bases

A first war year Iron Cross badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Buy Now enamel chipping evident overall(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