Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Ldo Case Of Issue Auction measuring 39 mm (w) x

measuring 39 mm (w) x 57 mm (h - inclusive of crown suspension)

with a red field flanked by three white and two red alternating stripes

all glued on a thick cardboard: Kurland Cufftitle

A Fitter by occupation

She sailed within a few hours of the receipt of the orders

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Ldo Case Of Issue Auction measuring 39 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic 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 barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but characteristic of the maker Fritz Zimmermann, measuring 43. 87 mm (w) x 43. 98