Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier Auction Archive measuring 47 mm x 62

measuring 47 mm x 62

the reverse presents the writing stating Hauptmann Boelcke in black ink

29 mm x 31

" above the centrepoint and maker marked "TAYLOR INSTRUMENT COMPANIES ROCHESTER

without maker's or designer's markings

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier Auction Archive measuring 47 mm x 62(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 59 for Alois Rettenmaier,