Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction with two crossed oak leaf

with two crossed oak leaf branches

and is flanked on each side by tabs constructed of red wool bases with gold bullion wire insignia

” encircled by a silver beaded edge

photo in the center surrounded by the inscription ""CHAS

The prisoners waited for him across the river

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction with two crossed oak leaf(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non ferrous brass 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 flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture