Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed 73 mm x 47

73 mm x 47

light wear overall on the reverse

before being transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Bearwood Park on February 12

in nickel-silver zinc

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed 73 mm x 47(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