Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden with bronze rectangular clasp

with bronze rectangular clasp

51 mm x 51

below small Totenkopf is a cockade below

featuring two screw posts retaining original nuts for uniform attachment

The civil division is awarded to recognize the personal meritorious service of recipients

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden with bronze rectangular clasp(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 block hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the reverse of the pinback maker