Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case GTRexclude they endured the demands and

they endured the demands and discomforts of both occupations yet remained isolated from such benefits as might accrue from belonging to the "established" body of either Service

Georg Ludwigstorff - Author of Austrian Orders and Decorations

trimmed on both outer edges with an ornate pattern

Hammer & Söhne

20 mm (h) and weighing 16

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case GTRexclude they endured the demands and(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a block barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but displays the characteristics of a C. E. Juncker, measuring 44. 14 mm (w) x 44. 18