Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Carl Wild consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 93 mm (w) x

measuring 93 mm (w) x 80 mm (h)

(Bilder und Feldpostkarten)

1917 for the role his troops played in the defensive battle at the Western Front

1945 and discontinued in 1991

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Carl Wild consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 93 mm (w) x(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 raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 107 for